recursive

Adjective Satellite

of or relating to a recursion

Adj

drawing upon itself, referring back.
of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
of a program or function that calls itself
which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time
whose characteristic function is recursive (4)

Examples

The recursive nature of stories which borrow from each other

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin recursīvus. Equivalent to recurse + -ive

Antonyms

non-recursive

Scrabble Score: 14

recursive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
recursive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
recursive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

recursive: valid Words With Friends Word