recurse

verb

recurse

verb

/ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)s/

Etymology Back-formation from recursion.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To execute a procedure recursively.

  • The algorithm then recurses on the children of the current tree node.
Related terms
recourse, recur, recurrence, recurrent, recursion, recursive, recursivity

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