"recursive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recursive.wav Forms: more recursive [comparative], most recursive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin recursīvus. Equivalent to recurse + -ive Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱers-}}, {{lbor|en|NL.|recursīvus}} Learned borrowing from New Latin recursīvus, {{affix|en|recurse|-ive}} recurse + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} recursive (comparative more recursive, superlative most recursive)
  1. drawing upon itself, referring back. Translations (drawing upon itself): recursief (Dutch), itseään toistava (Finnish), récursif (French), rekursiv (German), επαναλαμβανόμενος (epanalamvanómenos) [masculine] (Greek), επανερχόμενος (epanerchómenos) [masculine] (Greek), αναδρομικός (anadromikós) [masculine] (Greek), recursivo (Portuguese), рекурзиван (Serbo-Croatian), recursivo (Spanish), рекурси́вний (rekursývnyj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (mathematics, not comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (mathematics: of an expression, in which each term is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms): rekurzivní (Czech), recursief (Dutch), rekursiivinen (Finnish), récursif (French), rekursiv (German), αναδρομικός (anadromikós) [masculine] (Greek), rekurencyjny [masculine] (Polish), recursivo (Portuguese), iterativo (Spanish), recurrente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-recursive-en-adj-2qdR3vd~ Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 34 28 9 10 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 19 17 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 22 17 18 22 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'mathematics: of an expression, in which each term is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms': 3 61 11 13 12
  3. (computing, not comparable) of a program or function that calls itself Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing Hyponyms (of a function): primitive recursive, tail recursive Translations (computing: of a program or function that calls itself): rekurzivní (Czech), recursief (Dutch), rekursiivinen (Finnish), récursif (French), rekursiv (German), αναδρομικός (anadromikós) [masculine] (Greek), rekurzív (Hungarian), rekurencyjny [masculine] (Polish), recursivo (Portuguese), recursiv (Romanian), recursivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-recursive-en-adj-zaDbPO2Q Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 19 17 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 22 17 18 22 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'of a function': 0 5 50 6 39 Disambiguation of 'computing: of a program or function that calls itself': 20 2 55 11 12
  4. (computing theory, not comparable, of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Theory of computing Translations (computing: of a function which can be computed in a finite amount of time): recursief (Dutch), rekursiivinen (Finnish), rekursiv (German), αναδρομικός (anadromikós) [masculine] (Greek), بازگشتی (Persian), recursivo (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-recursive-en-adj-myEGs~QZ Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 34 28 9 10 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 19 17 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 22 17 18 22 Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: of a function which can be computed in a finite amount of time': 4 4 14 64 14
  5. (computing theory, not comparable, of a set) whose characteristic function is recursive (4) Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Theory of computing Hypernyms (of a set, whose characteristic function is recursive): recursively enumerable Translations (computing: of a set whose characteristic function is recursive): recursief (Dutch), rekursiivinen (Finnish), récursif (French), rekursiv (German), αναδρομικός (anadromikós) [masculine] (Greek), rekurzivan (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-recursive-en-adj-fgtKnB0~ Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 34 28 9 10 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 19 17 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 22 17 18 22 Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'of a set, whose characteristic function is recursive': 1 5 7 4 82 Disambiguation of 'computing: of a set whose characteristic function is recursive': 4 5 12 12 68
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (f889f65 and 8fbd9e8). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.