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recursive | fonts |

As an adjective recursive

is drawing upon itself, referring back.

As a noun fonts is

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recursive

English

Adjective

{{examples-right, sense=function, The factorial function - : f(0) = 1 : f(n) = n \times f(n-1) where n is any natural number greater than 0}} (en adjective)
  • drawing upon itself, referring back.
  • The recursive nature of stories which borrow from each other
  • (mathematics, not comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
  • (computing, not comparable) of a program or function that calls itself
  • (computing theory, not comparable, of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time
  • (computing theory, not comparable, of a set) whose characteristic function is recursive (4)
  • Hyponyms

    * (of a function) primitive recursive

    Hypernyms

    * recursively enumerable

    Derived terms

    * recursive acronym * tail recursive *

    See also

    * (wikipedia)

    fonts

    English

    Noun

    (head)
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