Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

The word "recursive" can be used as adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

non recursive

Derived Terms

co-recursive filtered-popping recursive transition network left-recursive nonrecursive recursion recursive acronym recursive compound word recursive conundrum recursive definition recursive descent recursive function recursive neural network recursively recursiveness recursivity subrecursive superrecursive transrecursive

Etymologically Related To

ive

Context

computing computing theory mathematics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

recursively enumerable

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

primitive recursive tail recursive

Type Of (IsA)

recursively enumerable

Related Terms

determined draw expression formula function preceding program term

Similar Terms

algorithmic algorithmic

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