recursive
recursive
Definition
re·cur·sive (ri kʉr′siv)
adjective
- reapplying the same formula or algorithm to a number or result in order to generate the next number or result in a series
- returning again and again to a point or points already made a recursive style of writing
recursive
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- parser: There are four steps in the systematic construction of a recursive descent parser.
- acronym: The name ' GNU ' is a recursive acronym for ' GNU's Not Unix ' .
- algorithm: Modify your solution to exercise 11.2 using a recursive algorithm for searching the tree.
- estimation: Reply to comment by K. Beven and P. Young on " Bayesian recursive parameter estimation for hydrologic models ' ' .
- definition: More than one set may satisfy a recursive definition.
- template: The most portable alternative is to use a recursive template to dissect the string.
Modifying Another Word
- mutually: An implementation in Clam has successfully planned proofs for a number of mutually recursive examples.
- potentially: Becoming aware of the interplay of such codes requires a potentially recursive process of re-reading.
- unambiguously: However, it does not force the optimization of operations that are unambiguously recursive.
- fully: It's actually a fully recursive, depth-first order.
- also: The process of evolving similarity-based prototypes is also recursive.
- provably: The result of this is that the provably recursive functions of the theory are now exactly the Kalmar Elementary functions.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near recursive
- recursion
- recurring decimal
- recurrent
- recurrence
- recur
- recuperate
- recumbent
- rectus
- rectum
- rectrix
