recurse
English
Etymology
Back-formation from recursion.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
Verb
recurse (third-person singular simple present recurses, present participle recursing, simple past and past participle recursed)
- (intransitive, computing) To execute a procedure recursively.
- The algorithm then recurses on the children of the current tree node.
Related terms
terms related to recurse
- recur
- recurrent
- recurrence
- recursion
- recursive
- recursivity
Anagrams
- recures, rescuer, securer
Latin
Participle
recurse
- vocative masculine singular of recursus