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ITERATION
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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:
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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