recursive

/rɪˈkɜrsɪv/
adjective
  1. Relating to or involving a procedure that can repeat itself, often by calling itself.
    • A recursive pattern in nature can be seen in the branching of trees.
    • They used a recursive algorithm to search through all the folders on the computer.
    • The recursive function kept calling itself until it reached the base case.
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