recursive

Meanings

1. 1
   adjective Drawing upon itself, referring back.
2. 2
   adjective Of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
3. 3
   adjective Of a program or function that calls itself
4. 4
   adjective (of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time
5. 5
   adjective (of a set) whose characteristic function is recursive (4)