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recursive

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. recursive (adjective)
  2. recursive definition (noun)

re·cur·sive

adj \ri-ˈkər-siv\

Definition of RECURSIVE

1
: of, relating to, or involving recursion <a recursive function in a computer program>
2
: of, relating to, or constituting a procedure that can repeat itself indefinitely <a recursive rule in a grammar>
— re·cur·sive·ly adverb
— re·cur·sive·ness noun

First Known Use of RECURSIVE

1934

Other Computer-Related Terms

adware, flash, kludge, phishing, router

Rhymes with RECURSIVE

aversive, coercive, detersive, discursive, dispersive, excursive, inversive, perversive, subversive

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