recursive
pronunciation
How to pronounce recursive in British English:
UK [rɪˈkɜ:sɪv]
How to pronounce recursive in American English:
US [rɪˈkɜrsɪv]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to a recursion
Word Origin
- recursive (adj.)
- 1790, "periodically recurring," from Latin recurs-, stem of recurrere (see recur) + -ive. Mathematical sense is from 1934. Related: Recursively; recursiveness.
Example
- 1. Recursive methods also require an explicit return type .
- 2. This allows for anonymous recursive functions .
- 3. Many plants follow simple recursive formulas in generating their branching shapes and leaf patterns .
- 4. The fact that pirah lacks recursive syntax is an interesting discovery .
- 5. Each additional recursive call takes up memory , and eventually will slow down the browser .