recursion

A recursive shape

Meaning

Noun

  • The act of recurring.
  • The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.
  • The invocation of a procedure from within itself.

Origin

  • Borrowed from Latin recursiō ("the act of running back or again, return"), from recurrō, from re- + currō.

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