recurse

English

Etymology

Back-formation of recursion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)s/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Verb

recurse (third-person singular simple present recurses, present participle recursing, simple past and past participle recursed)

1. (intransitive, computing) 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

Translations

Translations

• Swedish: rekursera

Anagrams

• recures, rescuer, securer

Latin

Participle

recurse

1. vocative masculine singular of recursus