Meaning

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

    Wiederholung

    разraz, повто́рpovtór

  2. (countable, uncountable)A variation or version.

    The architect drafted several iterations of the floorplan before deciding on his final design.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The use of repetition in a computer program, especially in the form of a loop.

    Iteration

    итера́цияiterácija

    ітера́ціяiterácija

  4. (countable, uncountable)A single repetition of the code within such a repetitive process.

    The code calculates the appropriate value at each iteration.

    Iterationsschritt, Iteration, Durchlauf

    ітера́ціяiterácija

More definitions
  • doing or saying again; a repeated performance
  • (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained
  • (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated

Examples

5 sentences
  1. He refines his ideas with every iteration.

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  2. How many more iterations are we going to need?

  3. The new strain has rapidly infected many more people than the earlier iterations.

  4. Islam is not an iteration of Judaism.

  5. Segment code uses a lot of iteration and generates random numbers. It would be tricky to do these computing processes manually.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
repetition in a computer program:
Русский
By meaning 2
second performance, repetition:
repetition in a computer program:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
second performance, repetition:
repetition in a computer program:
single repetition of the code within a process:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: iterations
Singulariteration
Pluraliterations

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
repetition:reiteration
Close in meaning
  • (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained:looping
  • (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated:loop

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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