[{"word":"recursion","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of recurring.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"n! = n × (n − 1)! (for n > 0) or 1 (for n = 0) defines the factorial function using recursion."},{"definition":"The invocation of a procedure from within itself.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"This function uses recursion to compute factorials."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recursion"]}]