noun
General noun meaning the act of returning or happening again. Often used in formal or technical contexts.
この現象の再帰は予測が難しい。
The recurrence of this phenomenon is difficult to predict.
noun
Computing term for a function or process that calls itself.
再帰を使って階乗を計算する関数を書いた。
I wrote a function that calculates factorials using recursion.
noun
Grammar term for a verb or pronoun that refers back to the subject.
日本語の「自分」は再帰代名詞として使われることがある。
The Japanese word 自分 can be used as a reflexive pronoun.