1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Recursion

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Mathematics An expression, such as a polynomial, each term of which is determined by application of a formula to preceding terms.

n. Mathematics A formula that generates the successive terms of a recursion.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The act of recurring.

n. The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.

n. The calling of a function from within that same function.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of recurring; return.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Return.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation

Word Usage

"Kretsinger, who went by the moniker "recursion," helped post information he and his co-conspirators stole from Sony on LulzSec's website and announced the intrusion via the hacking group's Twitter account, the indictment said."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

rule formula

Form

infinite recursion tail recursion

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

return

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

boson iterator xt ilife