Definitions
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
01“Looping logic”9 letters
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