different between recurse vs recurve

English

Etymology

Back-formation from recursion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Verb

recurse (third-person singular simple present recurses, present participle recursing, simple past and past participle recursed)

1. (intransitive, computing) To execute a procedure recursively.

   The algorithm then recurses on the children of the current tree node.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• recures, rescuer, securer

Latin

Participle

recurse

1. vocative masculine singular of recursus

English

Etymology

re- +? curve

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k??(?)v/

Noun

recurve (countable and uncountable, plural recurves)

1. A type of knife blade shape that involves several curves including a concave curve on a portion of the edge, resulting in a belly that is lower than the handle bottom.

Verb

recurve (third-person singular simple present recurves, present participle recurving, simple past and past participle recurved)

1. To curve again, to rebend.
2. To curve back on itself.
3. (of a storm) To change direction.

Derived terms

• recurve bow

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

recurve

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of recurvar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of recurvar
3. third-person singular imperative of recurvar

Spanish

Verb

recurve

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recurvar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recurvar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of recurvar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of recurvar.