recursive
pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly.
Mathematics, Computers. pertaining to or using the mathematical process of recursion: a recursive function; a recursive procedure.
Origin of recursive
1Other words from recursive
- re·cur·sive·ly, adverb
- re·cur·sive·ness, noun
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How to use recursive in a sentence
The way that Dan read the Hauser-Chomsky-Fitch paper is language is recursive.
Talking Is Throwing Fictional Worlds at One Another - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Kevin Berger | September 9, 2020 | NautilusTo do that, you need what’s called a recursive procedure—something that allows you to reuse and build things up in larger and larger ways.
Talking Is Throwing Fictional Worlds at One Another - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Kevin Berger | September 9, 2020 | NautilusIt’s just that he thinks the hierarchal structure is flat, and therefore Pirahã doesn’t make use of this massive recursive device.
Talking Is Throwing Fictional Worlds at One Another - Issue 89: The Dark Side | Kevin Berger | September 9, 2020 | NautilusStudy participants were trained to arrange two sets of symbols in recursive patterns.
Monkeys may share a key grammar-related skill with humans | Bruce Bower | June 26, 2020 | Science NewsOne of the two animals ended up, on average, more likely to form novel recursive sequences than about three-quarters of the preschoolers and roughly half of the Bolivian villagers.
Monkeys may share a key grammar-related skill with humans | Bruce Bower | June 26, 2020 | Science News
Since then, a black miasma of recursive vengeance has descended upon Iraq.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
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