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Noun

1. 1
   A definition of a term within which the term itself appears, and that is well-founded, avoiding an infinite regress.
2. 2
   (mathematics) a definition of a function from which values of the function can be calculated in a finite number of steps wordnet

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definitional recursionembeddediterativenestedrecurrentrecursions

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flatnon recursive definitionnonrecursive