"recursion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: recursion [singular], recursions [plural]
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  1. Recursion is the act or process of going back and happening again.
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  2. Recursion is the use of a function inside itself to generate an infinite number of results.
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  3. Recursion is the use of one kind of linguistic unit inside itself.
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