iteration
nounUK /ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ · CA, US /ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From Latin iterātiō, from iterō. Morphologically iterate + -ion.
1
A recital or a second performance; a repetition.
2
A variation or version.
- The architect drafted several iterations of the floorplan before deciding on his final design.
- Still going strong in his ninth decade, Wein celebrates his 88th birthday behind the piano accompanied by the latest iteration of his band, the Newport All-Stars, featuring tenor saxophonist […]2014, “Jazz at Lincoln Center”, in Radio New Zealand Schedule for Saturday 6th December:
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- If proximity is built into the very concept of ecology, not to mention iterations of environmentalism such as the local food movement, then a distancing mode like irony seems utterly unecological and unenvironmentalist.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 12:
- Three or four complete iterations of various options are needed to gain cross-industry agreement.2020 October 7, Gordon Dudman, “Railway timetabling is a challenge even at the best of times”, in Rail, page 48:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The use of repetition in a computer program, especially in the form of a loop.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A single repetition of the code within such a repetitive process.
- The code calculates the appropriate value at each iteration.
- Synonyms
- reiteration, repeat
- Derived terms
- hexation, iteration mark, pentation, subiteration, tetration
- Hyponyms
- polymorphic iteration