General noun meaning the act of returning or happening again. Often used in formal or technical contexts.
The recurrence of this phenomenon is difficult to predict.
Computing term for a function or process that calls itself.
Grammar term for a verb or pronoun that refers back to the subject.
I wrote a function that calculates factorials using recursion.
The Japanese word 自分 can be used as a reflexive pronoun.
recurrent fever
recursive · reflexive
reflexive verb
retroreflection
reflexive usage; the reflexive
Compound of 再 (again) and 帰 (return). The computing and grammar senses are modern loan translations from English.