mathematics An expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation.

Roget 104: repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run; battology, tautology; monotony, tautophony; rhythm etc. 138; diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy.    chimes, repetend, echo, ritornello^†, burden of a song, refrain; rehearsal; rechauffe [Fr.], rifacimento [It], recapitulation.    cuckoo etc. (imitation) 19; reverberation etc. 408; drumming etc. (roll) 407; renewal etc. (restoration) 660.    twice-told tale; old story, old song; second edition, new edition; reappearance, reproduction, recursion [Comp.]; periodicity etc. 138.    ... show more

Roget 292: arrival, advent; landing; debarkation, disembarkation; reception, welcome, vin d'honneur [Fr.].    home, goal, goalpost; landing place, landing stage; bunder^†; resting place; destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport; terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal; journey's end; anchorage etc. (refuge) 666.    return, remigration^†; meeting; rencounter^†, encounter.    completion etc. 729.    recursion [Comp.].    ... show more

Dutch: recursie
Polish: rekurencja