Vocabulary Entry

recursive

|adjective • noun

adjective

Pertaining to processes that refer to themselves or can be applied repeatedly.

Example Sentences

"The recursive function called itself to solve the problem."

"In computer science, recursive algorithms are often more elegant than their iterative counterparts."

"He explained a recursive definition of a sequence that was easy to understand."

noun

Example Sentences

"The concept of recursion is fundamental in programming."

"I learned about recursion during my computer science course."

"She implemented a recursion to navigate through the data structure."