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RECURSIVE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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recursive

[ ri-kur-siv ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly.
  2. Mathematics, Computers. pertaining to or using the mathematical process of recursion:

    a recursive function; a recursive procedure.



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  • re·cursive·ly adverb
  • re·cursive·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of recursive1

First recorded in 1935–40; recurs(ion) + -ive

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