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recurrence

noun
/rəˈkɝ.əns/US

Etymology

From recurrent + -ence, cognate with Latin recurrentia, from recurrēns (“returning back, recurring”), form of recurrō (“to return, to recur”) (English recur).

  1. derived from recurrentia

Definitions

  1. Return or reversion to a certain state.

  2. The instance of recurring

    The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.

    • I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations.

  3. A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.

    • Near-synonym: relapse
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Recourse.

The neighborhood

Derived

eternal recurrence, nonrecurrence, null recurrence, oligorecurrence, Poincaré recurrence time, positive recurrence, postrecurrence, prerecurrence, recurrence relation, recurrence time

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at recurrence. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at recurrence. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at recurrence

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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