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co-recursive

co-recursive adjective: describing a definition, particularly of an algorithm, given in terms of its output, rather than its input.

Adjective

co-recursive (not comparable)

  1. Describing a definition, particularly of an algorithm, given in terms of its output, rather than its input.
    • Co-recursive algorithms allow infinite large objects to be used without necessarily running out of memory.

Origin of co-recursive

From co- + recursive.

Words that rhyme with co-recursive

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Questions about co-recursive

What does co-recursive mean?
Co-recursive means describing a definition, particularly of an algorithm, given in terms of its output, rather than its input.
What part of speech is co-recursive?
Co-recursive is an adjective.

Words near co-recursive in the dictionary

  1. co-purifying
  2. co-r.e.
  3. co-randomization
  4. co-receptor
  5. co-receptors
  6. co-recursive
  7. co-recursively enumerable
  8. co-register
  9. co-registered
  10. co-registering
  11. co-registers

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