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recursive acronyms

recursive acronyms is the plural of recursive acronym.

Meaning of recursive acronym

Noun

recursive acronym (plural recursive acronyms)

  1. An acronym in which a word (often the first) of the phrase represented by the acronym is the acronym itself.
    • I used the odd variable name “tato”, mentioning that it is a recursive acronym standing for “tato (and tato only)”. Using this fact you can expand “tato” any number of times.1983 April, Douglas R. Hofstadter, “Metamagical Themas”, in Scientific American, →ISSN, page 20

Questions about recursive acronyms

What is recursive acronyms the plural of?
Recursive acronyms is the plural of recursive acronym.

Words near recursive acronyms in the dictionary

  1. recursion
  2. recursion theory
  3. recursions
  4. recursive
  5. recursive acronym
  6. recursive acronyms
  7. recursive compound word
  8. recursive compound words
  9. recursive definition
  10. recursive definitions
  11. recursive descent

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