noun
- the quality or state of being recursive; the characteristic of involving repetition or self-reference
Usage: technical; mathematics; computer science
Examples
- The recursiveness of the algorithm made it elegant but difficult to debug.
- Students struggled to understand the recursiveness of the mathematical function.
- The recursiveness of the fractal pattern created infinite complexity.
- Programming requires understanding the recursiveness of certain data structures.
- The recursiveness of the definition confused many readers.
- Her explanation highlighted the recursiveness inherent in the problem.