RECURSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recursion mean? 

• RECURSION (noun)
  The noun RECURSION has 1 sense:

1. (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation

  Familiarity information: RECURSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECURSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("recursion" is a kind of...):

formula; rule ((mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)