recursion
The act of recurringThe act of recurring.
» Apparently, he had never heard of recursion.
Anscheinend hatte er noch nie von Rekursion gehört.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of recurring.
(countable, uncountable)The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.
n! = n × (n − 1)! (for n > 0) or 1 (for n = 0) defines the factorial function using recursion.
Rekursion
реку́рсияrekúrsija
(countable, uncountable)The invocation of a procedure from within itself.
This function uses recursion to compute factorials.
Rekursion
- (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation; also, the repeated application or execution of a pattern, function or definition; an expression that is recursive
Examples
2 sentencesApparently, he had never heard of recursion.
deAnscheinend hatte er noch nie von Rekursion gehört.
To understand recursion you first need to understand recursion.
ruЧтобы понять рекурсию - ты сначала должен понять рекурсию.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin recursiō (“the act of running back or again, return”), from recurrō (“Borrowed from Latin recursiō (“the act of running back or again, return”), from recurrō (“run back; return”), from re- (“back, again”) + currō (“run”).
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Forms
plural: recursions| Singular | recursion |
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Word family
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