recursions

/R IY0 K ER1 ZH AH0 N Z/

noun

1
The act of recurring.
2
The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.
“n! = n × (n − 1)! (for n > 0) or 1 (for n = 0) defines the factorial function using recursion.”
3
The invocation of a procedure from within itself.
“This function uses recursion to compute factorials.”

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