Meanings
adjectiveprimitive recursive (not comparable)
- not comparablemathematicsOf 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 & wordplay
Rhymes with primitive recursive
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