Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A method of defining a sequence of objects, such as an expression, function, or set, where some number of initial objects are given and each successive object is defined in terms of the preceding objects. The Fibonacci sequence is defined by recursion.
- noun A set of objects so defined.
- noun A rule describing the relation between an object in a recursive sequence in terms of the preceding objects.
- noun Linguistics The property of languages in which a structure, such as a phrase or clause, may form a part of a larger structure of the same kind, allowing for a potentially infinite variety of constructions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Return.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of recurring; return.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
recurring . - noun mathematics The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.
- noun computing The calling of a function from within that same function.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Kretsinger, known by the moniker "recursion," grabbed confidential information from Sony, passed it along to other members of LulzSec who posted the stolen material on its website, according to the indictment.
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Kretsinger, known by the moniker "recursion," grabbed confidential information from Sony, passed it along to other members of LulzSec who posted the stolen material on its website, according to the indictment.
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Kretsinger, known by the moniker "recursion," grabbed confidential information from Sony and passed it along to other members of LulzSec, who posted the stolen material on its website, according to the indictment.
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Kretsinger, known by the moniker "recursion," grabbed confidential information from Sony, passed it along to other members of LulzSec who posted the stolen material on its website, according to the indictment.
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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.
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Kretsinger, known by the moniker "recursion," grabbed confidential information from Sony and passed it along to other members of LulzSec, who posted the stolen material on its website, according to the indictment.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
npydyuan commented on the word recursion
see recursion
October 13, 2007
arby commented on the word recursion
Heh.
October 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word recursion
Heehee.
October 13, 2007
uselessness commented on the word recursion
....can't....stop....clicking....
October 13, 2007
skipvia commented on the word recursion
Har! You made my day with this one, uselessness.
October 13, 2007
seanahan commented on the word recursion
On a related note, see infinite loop.
October 13, 2007
uselessness commented on the word recursion
The best new jokes are old ones?
October 15, 2007
ruzuzu commented on the word recursion
Ha! Check out the "reverse dictionary" section for this word.
August 23, 2018