Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 9 letters

recursion

Best crossword clue

"Looping logic"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)ʒən/Part of speech nounSorted ceinorrsuStarts with REnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1R2E3C4U5R6S7I8O9N

Definitions

  1. A process in which something is defined or repeated in terms of itself.

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin recursiō (“the act of running back or again, return”), from recurrō (“run back; return”), from re- (“back, again”) + currō (“run”).

Used in a sentence

  • The inhabitants predicate the recursion of these storms by numerous other signs, and are prompt to take every precaution to avoid their effects.
  • n! = n × (n − 1)! (for n > 0) or 1 (for n = 0) defines the factorial function using recursion.
  • This function uses recursion to compute factorials.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Looping logic9 letters

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

R________

Related words