"subrecursive" meaning in English

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Adjective

Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv Etymology: From sub- + recursive. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|recursive}} sub- + recursive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} subrecursive (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics) Able to be expressed in a language or by a set of operations that is a proper subset of the expressiveness of a Turing machine. Tags: not-comparable
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