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corecursion

corecursion noun: the dual to recursion, that acts on the computed result, rather than the input.

Noun

corecursion (uncountable)

  1. The dual to recursion, that acts on the computed result, rather than the input.
    • The natural numbers #92;N may be defined by corecursion as #92;#123;0#92;#125;#92;cup#92;#123;n#43;1
    • Programming languages with lazy evaluation support corecursion so that the programmer can refer to infinite objects.

Origin of corecursion

From co- + recursion.

Questions about corecursion

What does corecursion mean?
Corecursion means the dual to recursion, that acts on the computed result, rather than the input.
What part of speech is corecursion?
Corecursion is a noun.

Words near corecursion in the dictionary

  1. corecruiting
  2. corecruitment
  3. corecruits
  4. corectomy
  5. corectopia
  6. corecursion
  7. corecursive
  8. corecursively
  9. corecursively enumerable
  10. cored
  11. coredeem

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