the practice of describing numbers, expressions, etc. in terms of the numbers, expressions, etc. that come before them in a series

The function can be solved by recursion. 该函数可以通过递归来解决。

Many DNS servers do not allow recursion. 许多DNS服务器不允许递归。

the practice of putting a structure such as a phrase inside a structure of the same kind

Recursion is the capacity to embed phrases inside one another. 语言的递归性指的是结构嵌套的能力。

The language of the Pirahã has no evidence of recursion. 皮拉罕语似乎没有递归性。