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recurring

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re·cur  (r-kûr)
intr.v. re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs
1. To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly.
2. To return to one's attention or memory.
3. To return in thought or discourse.
4. To have recourse: recur to the use of force.

[Latin recurrere : re-, re- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

re·currence n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.recurring - coming back; "a revenant ghost"
continual - occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters"
Translations
recurring [rɪˈkəːrɪŋ] recur adj (= problem) → périodique, fréquent(e);
(Math) → périodique
recurring [rɪˈkəːrɪŋ] recur adj (problem, dream) → sich wiederholend;
(Math);
six point five four recurring → sechs Komma fünf Periode vier
recurring [rɪˈkʌrɪŋ] adj (MATH) → periodico/a


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I know, anyway, that I will not be put off with a compromise, with a recurring zero, simply because it is consistent with the laws of nature and actually exists.
but, besides the application to him of the generic remark above, this carpenter of the Pequod was singularly efficient in those thousand nameless mechanical emergencies continually recurring in a large ship, upon a three or four years' voyage, in uncivilized and far-distant seas.
As many more individuals of each species are born than can possibly survive; and as, consequently, there is a frequently recurring struggle for existence, it follows that any being, if it vary however slightly in any manner profitable to itself, under the complex and sometimes varying conditions of life, will have a better chance of surviving, and thus be naturally selected.
 
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