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primitive recursive

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables
prim-i-tive re-cur-sive
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a function, capable of being constructed from the zero function, successor function, and projection functions, by a finite number of applications of composition and recursion.

Rhymes With

immersive subversive recursive cursive roman cursive tail recursive discursive dispersive aversive inversive abstersive conversive

Questions

What does primitive recursive mean?
Of a function, capable of being constructed from the zero function, successor function, and projection functions, by a finite number of applications of composition and recursion.

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