Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recursive function

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English

Syllables: re-cur-sive -func-tion
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any function that uses recursion and can call itself until a certain condition is met.

noun

Any function whose value may be obtained using a finite number of operations using a precisely specified algorithm.

Inflected Forms

recursive functions (plural)

Questions

What does recursive function mean?: Any function that uses recursion and can call itself until a certain condition is met.

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