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ITERATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Doing or saying again; a repeated performance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("iteration" is a kind of...):

repeating; repetition (the act of doing or performing again)

Derivation:

iterate (to say, state, or perform again)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained

Example:

the solution is obtained by iteration

Synonyms:

iteration; looping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("iteration" is a kind of...):

physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Derivation:

iterate (to say, state, or perform again)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated

Example:

the solution took hundreds of iterations

Synonyms:

iteration; loop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("iteration" is a kind of...):

physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Derivation:

iterate (to say, state, or perform again)

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