Recursive vs Octree - What's the difference?
recursive | octree |
drawing upon itself, referring back.
(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)
A treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to eight children, most often used to partition a three-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it.
As an adjective recursive
is drawing upon itself, referring back.As a noun octree is
a treelike data structure each of whose nodes has up to eight children, most often used to partition a three-dimensional space by recursively subdividing it.recursive
English
Adjective
{{examples-right, sense=function, The factorial function - : : where n is any natural number greater than 0}} (en adjective)- The recursive nature of stories which borrow from each other