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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesrecursividade
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁe.kuʁ.si.viˈda.dʒi
"O conceito de recursividade pode ser difícil de visualizar no início."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The repeated application of a recursive procedure or definition, where a function calls itself directly or indirectly.
"The algorithm uses recursion to traverse the complex directory tree." - 2
In linguistics, the capacity of language to embed clauses within clauses of the same type indefinitely.
"The phrase 'the cat that chased the rat that ate the cheese' demonstrates syntactic recursion."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'recursio', meaning a running back or return, formed from 're-' (back) and 'currere' (to run). The term entered modern academic vocabulary through mathematics and logic, eventually becoming a foundational concept in computer science and linguistics during the mid-20th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Recursion" is said worldwide
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récursion
Transliteration: ʁe.kyʁ.sjɔ̃
"La récursion est une technique puissante en programmation."
Rekursion
Transliteration: ʁe.kʊʁˈzi̯oːn
"Dieses Problem lässt sich elegant durch Rekursion lösen."
ricorsione
Transliteration: ri.korˈsjo.ne
"La funzione sfrutta la ricorsione per calcolare il fattoriale."
recursividad
Transliteration: re.kur.si.βiˈdad
"La recursividad es fundamental para entender este algoritmo."
recursividade
Transliteration: ʁe.kuʁ.si.viˈda.dʒi
"O conceito de recursividade pode ser difícil de visualizar no início."
पुरावर्तन
Transliteration: purāvartan
"कंप्यूटर विज्ञान में पुनरावर्तन एक महत्वपूर्ण अवधारणा है।"
递归
Transliteration: dì guī
"这个函数通过递归来遍历整个树形结构。"
재귀
Transliteration: jaegwi
"이 알고리즘은 재귀 함수를 사용하여 구현되었습니다."
再帰
Transliteration: saiki
"このプログラムは再帰呼び出しを利用して階乗を計算します。"
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