recursively

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adverb

In a recursive way or manner.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English recursive →
Less commonScrabble 19
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Meanings

adverbrecursively (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a recursive way or manner.
  2. not comparablecomputingUsing recursion.

    After recursively sorting the two subsets, the situation is (11,28) 35 (45,50,62) and an append of the three pieces gives the final result.

    1997, Jeffrey H. Kingston, Algorithms and Data Structures, →ISBN
    1 more example

    In the same computation, the computer may be decomposed repeatedly and the partitioning may vary from one split to the other. The submachines can further recursively decompose […]

    1999, Martin Beran, “Decomposable Bulk Synchronous Parallel Computers”, in SOFSEM '99: Theory and Practice of Informatics, →ISBN, page 351

Origin

  1. Englishrecursive
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishrecursively

From recursive + -ly.

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Translations

Czech rekurzivně
  • rekurzivně(computers) using recursion
Finnish rekursiivisesti
  • rekursiivisesti(computers) using recursion
Greek αναδρομικά
  • αναδρομικά (anadromiká)(computers) using recursion
Italian ricorsivamente
  • ricorsivamente(computers) using recursion
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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