recursion

[Latin recursio, from re- =back, again, and cursio =a running; curro =to run.] Return, recurrence. "Near two and twenty recursions of the included pendulum."-Boyle: Works , i. 61. re-curv-ant, adj. [Lat. recurvans, pr. par. of recurvo to bend back.] Her.: Bowed embowed, or curved and recurved. rě-curv-āte, v. t. [RECURVATE, a.] To bend back or backward. rě-cur-vate, re-cūrvāt ěd, a. [Lat. recur vatus, pa. par. of recurvo to bend back: re -back, and curvo to bend.] Bot.: Bent, but not rolled backward; recurved, reflexed.