recursiveshape
nounUK /rɪˈkɜːsɪv ʃeɪp/
US /rɪˈkɝːsɪv ʃeɪp/
A recursive shape is a shape that is made of smaller copies of itself.
The fractal snowflake is a recursive shape because each tiny branch looks like the whole snowflake.
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2. A drawing or design in which each part is a smaller version of the whole picture.
The artist painted a recursive shape where every corner held a tiny copy of the same spiral.
3. In math, a figure defined by repeating the same rule over and over at smaller sizes.
The Koch snowflake is a recursive shape built by adding smaller triangles again and again.
4. A computer graphic made by a program that calls itself to draw smaller pieces.
The coder made a recursive shape on screen by having the function draw smaller squares inside squares.