Recursion

/ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒən/

Synonyms for "recursion" (11 found)

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Noun(3 words)
circularityclausal recursionembedded structure

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Noun(3 words)
repetitionself definitionself reference

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direct recursionembedded clausesmutual recursionnested clausesphrase embeddingprimitive recursiontail recursion

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base casemutual recursionrecursion depthrecursive definitionrecursive functiontail recursion

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Apparently, he had never heard of recursion.

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To understand recursion you first need to understand recursion.

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The inhabitants predicate the recursion of these storms by numerous other signs, and are prompt to take every precaution to avoid their effects.

Source: wiktionary

n! = n × (n − 1)! (for n > 0) or 1 (for n = 0) defines the factorial function using recursion.

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