recursion

English Thesaurus

1. (mathematics) an expression such that each term is generated by repeating a particular mathematical operation (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	formula, rule,
definition	:	(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems (noun.cognition)

domain category	:	math, mathematics, maths,
definition	:	a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement (noun.cognition)