recursive definition
noun Logic.
a definition consisting of a set of rules such that by repeated application of the rules the meaning of the definiendum is uniquely determined in terms of ideas that are already familiar.
Origin of recursive definition
First recorded in 1935–40
Words nearby recursive definition
recurring decimal,
recurring digital fibroma of childhood,
recursion,
recursion formula,
recursive,
recursive definition,
recursive function,
recursive subroutine,
recurvate,
recurvation,
recurve