recurrent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite recurring again and again
    repeated; perennial.
    • perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements

WordNet

Re*cur"rent adjective
Etymology
L. recurrens, -entis, p. pr. of recurrere: cf.F. récurrent. See Recur.
Definitions
  1. Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.
  2. (Anat.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery.

Webster 1913