21 March 2017

recursive

20 April 2017

[ri-kur-siv]

adjective

1. pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly.
2. Mathematics, Computers. pertaining to or using the mathematical process of recursion :
a recursive function; a recursive procedure.

Origin of recursive
1935-1940; recurs(ion) + -ive

Related forms

recursively, adverb
recursiveness, noun

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Examples from the Web for recursive

Contemporary Examples

Since then, a black miasma of recursive vengeance has descended upon Iraq.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq
Nathan Bradley Bethea
August 30, 2014

Word Origin and History for recursive Expand
adj.

1790, “periodically recurring,” from Latin recurs-, stem of recurrere (see recur ) + -ive. Mathematical sense is from 1934. Related: Recursively ; recursiveness.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

recursive in Technology

recursion

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org

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Today’s quote

It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all.

– George Gissing

On this day

21 March – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

21 March – National Harmony Day in which Australia celebrates its cultural diversity.

21 March – World Poetry Day. Declared by UNESCO in 1999 to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry.

21 March 1960 – Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa, when Afrikaner police opened fire on unarmed protestors in front of the police station, killing 69 people and wounding 180. In South Africa, every 21 March is a public holiday to celebrate human rights and commemorate the Sharpeville massacre.

21 March 1963 – President John F. Kennedy orders the closure of federal penitentiary, Alcatraz (The Rock).