Examples of 'recursive' in a sentence

Meaning of "recursive"

Recursive is an adjective that describes a process, formula, or algorithm that repeats or refers back to itself in a self-referential manner. In computing and mathematics, recursion involves a function or subroutine that calls itself to solve smaller instances of a problem. This concept is used to create elegant and efficient solutions to complex problems
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  • drawing upon itself, referring back.
  • of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
  • of a program or function that calls itself
  • which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time

How to use "recursive" in a sentence

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A recursive function is one which calls itself.
Friendship is also recursive within his songs.
That recursive nature is the infinite game.
Compare iterative and recursive execution patterns.
All recursive languages are also recursively enumerable.
This corresponds to a recursive set or a decidable language.
A recursive language is a recursive subset of a formal language.
The union of two recursive languages is recursive.
A recursive acronym is an acronym that refers to itself.
It is an example of what he refers to as a cybernetic or recursive complementarity.
So this is the recursive definition of this function.
Determines whether commits and removes are recursive.
I think it was a recursive error in his logic subroutine.
Recursive substituents are an intended aspect of the invention.
Introduction and use of the recursive design.

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A recursive definition defines something in terms of itself.
Have you ever had a recursive dream.
A recursive algorithm must have a base case.
The duty cycle equation is somewhat recursive.
A recursive implementation was probably some thousandths slower.
The use of variadic templates is often recursive.
The number of recursive environment map renders.
The method of instruction and delivery is recursive.
A recursive loop consisting of the series arrangement of.
To make programming practical recursive functions are needed.
Write a recursive program to find factorial of a number.
Trees can be easily evaluated in a recursive manner.
The following recursive implementation is therefore proposed.
Polymorphic type schemes and recursive definitions.
A recursive band pass filter is therefore used.
A transformation system for developing recursive programs.
Make sure recursive procedures terminate properly.
Limited and lacks the recursive properties.
A recursive rule is one which refers to itself.
A procedure that goes through recursion is said to be recursive.
Avoid recursive calls into the interpreter.
Exponentiation and primality testing are primitive recursive.
A recursive function is one that invokes itself.
Common table expressions and recursive queries.
Recursive function is a function that calls itself.
It applies to the abstractions of timed recursive programs.
Recursive resolvers would be seen at the root.
Delta operator realizations of recursive digital filters.
Recursive call could loop indefinitely.
We start with the obvious recursive definition.
Recursive networks and processing of time dependent patterns.
Distributed arithmetic oversampling recursive digital filter.
Recursive languages are also called decidable.
There are languages that simply are not recursive.
This is done by using a recursive definition similar to the syntax.

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