Recurring

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recurred}
     (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recurring}.] [L. recurrere; pref.
     re- re- + currere to run. See {Current}.]
     1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again
        to mind.
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              When any word has been used to signify an idea, the
              old idea will recur in the mind when the word is
              heard.                                --I. Watts.
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     2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some
        regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.
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     3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.
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              If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they
              recur to the "punctum stans" of the schools, they
              will thereby very little help us to a more positive
              idea of infinite duration.            --Locke.
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     {Recurring decimal} (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under
        {Decimal}.
  
     {Recurring series} (Math.), an algebraic series in which the
        coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by
        means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in
        one uniform manner.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  recurring
       adj : coming back; "a revenant ghost" [syn: {revenant}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  recur
       v 1: happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" [syn: {repeat}]
       2: return in thought or speech to something [syn: {go back}]
       3: have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing
          meat" [syn: {fall back}, {resort}]
       [also: {recurring}, {recurred}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  recurring
       See {recur}