Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

base case

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.93 in modern English

Syllables
base -case
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The part of a recursive definition or algorithm that is not defined in terms of itself.

noun

The basis in mathematical induction, showing that a statement holds when n is equal to the lowest value that n is given in the question (usually 0 or 1).

Inflected Forms

base cases (plural)

Questions

What does base case mean?
The part of a recursive definition or algorithm that is not defined in terms of itself.

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