recursive

adjective5

1. •
   Drawing upon, invoking, or referring back to itself.

   • the recursive nature of stories which borrow from each other
2. •
   Having to do with an object (typically a function or formula) which is defined in terms of the object itself.
3. •
   Having to do with an algorithm, program, subroutine, procedure, function, or other block of code that calls itself.
4. •
   Having to do with a function which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer in a finite amount of time.
5. •
   Having to do with a set whose characteristic function is recursive.