re|cur´sive|ly

re|cur´sive|ly
re|cur|sive «rih KUR sihv», adjective.
1. Mathematics. recurring; repeated: »

recursive functions. The set 2, 4, 6, 8,…is recursive because all its integers can be described as divisible by two (Time).

2. capable of being returned to or used repeatedly: »

One function Professor Miller considered was the ability to deal with “recursive” programmes, that is, to interrupt a course of action to undertake another—a “subroutine”—and then to interrupt this in turn with the same subroutine, and so on (New Scientist).

╂[< Latin recursus (past participle of recurrere to recur) + English -ive]
–re|cur´sive|ly, adverb.
–re|cur´sive|ness, noun.

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