recursive
- adjective
- /rɪˈkɜːrsɪv/
- Specialized
- The recursive function calls itself until it reaches the base case.
- recursive algorithm
- recursive call
- Recursive partitioning
Remember we said that the variable expansion was recursive.
- Remember we said that the variable expansion was recursive.
- And suddenly you've got recursive grammar.
- And the root zone are the servers that your ISP S resolver or recursive server.
- And the special thing about the recursive formula is it's based off of the previous term.
- Room, room dash RF is it's like a, it's like a Unix man, which means remove everything dash recursive dash force.
- But anyway, particular particular class, they could compute them with this very very simple recursive formula that collapsed all this stuff.
- So I'm, I think I'm, it's a very messy recursive process.
- It's like a recursive screen programming for your fans.
- And they, they all have a recursive effect on each other.
- So I call that meta learning, learning to learn and recursive self improvement.
- So what what are these ideas beyond recursive cortical network that you're looking at now?
- And that's a reflexive recursive system as well.
Examples
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And the special thing about the recursive formula is it's based off of the previous term.
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In this case, it is very beneficial to use the purely recursive version of the algorithm.
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Notice that this will require recursive calls, right?
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We show how to overcome this by using a recursive data format.
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Because of the overhead of the recursive calls, the implementation has a significant performance loss for small problems.
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Information seeking and evaluation are recursive processes that lie at the heart of lifelong learning.
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Seven stages, which are flexible and recursive, provided the structural frame for operationalizing these three basic components.
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For example, prototyping is a development methodology that is both iterative and recursive in nature.
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The conceptual model for the present study was assumed to be recursive, meaning the causal flow was unidirectional.
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L-systems are appropriate to represent fractal objects obtained by means of recursive transformations.
Academic text (1997)
Compounds
- Specialized
A method that uses earlier numbers in a list to find later numbers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Recursive comes from Latin parts re- meaning 'again' and currere meaning 'to run', so it originally meant 'run back'. That's why a recursive definition or function 'goes back to' itself and repeats a smaller step over and over.