再さい帰き的てき定てい義ぎ

noun

recursive definition

Technical term in computing and mathematics; refers to a definition that references itself.

• 再さい帰き的てき定てい義ぎは、関かん数すうが自じ分ぶん自じ身しんを呼よび出だす形かたちで書かかれることが多おおい。

  Recursive definitions are often written in a form where a function calls itself.