Associations to the word «Recurrence»

Wiktionary

RECURRENCE, noun. Return or reversion to a certain state.
RECURRENCE, noun. The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
RECURRENCE, noun. A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.
RECURRENCE, noun. Recourse.
RECURRENCE RELATION, noun. (mathematics) an equation that recursively defines a sequence; each term of the sequence is defined as a function of the preceding terms.

Dictionary definition

RECURRENCE, noun. Happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats