iteration

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
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/ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ · [ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩] · [ˌɪɾ.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən] · /ˌɪt.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ · [ˌɪɾ.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən] · /ˌət.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ · [ˌəɾ.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən]

Definition of iteration

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A recital or a second performance; a repetition.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A recital or a second performance; a repetition.
  2. (countable, uncountable)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 […]”
    “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.”
    “Three or four complete iterations of various options are needed to gain cross-industry agreement.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)The use of repetition in a computer program, especially in the form of a loop.
  4. (countable, uncountable)A single repetition of the code within such a repetitive process.
    “The code calculates the appropriate value at each iteration.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin iterātiō, from iterō. Morphologically iterate + -ion.

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