'Iteration' definitions:
Definition of 'iteration'
(from WordNet)
noun
(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took hundreds of iterations" [syn: iteration, loop]
noun
(computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained; "the solution is obtained by iteration" [syn: iteration, looping]
noun
Doing or saying again; a repeated performance
Definition of 'Iteration'
From: GCIDE
- Iteration \It`er*a"tion\, n. [L. iteratio.]
- 1. Recital or performance a second time; repetition. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- What needs this iteration, woman? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Computers) The execution of a statement or series of statements in a loop which is repeated in a computer program; as, at each iteration, the counter is incremented by 2. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'iteration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- conduplication,
- copy,
- copying,
- critique,
- doubling,
- duplicate,
- duplication,
- dwelling upon,
- elaboration,
- gemination,
- going over,
- imitation,
- ingemination,
- practicing,
- reaffirmation,
- recap,
- recapitulation,
- recital,
- recountal,
- recounting,
- reduplication,
- rehash,
- rehearsal,
- reissue,
- reiteration,
- repetition,
- replication,
- reprint,
- reproduction,
- restatement,
- resume,
- retelling,
- review,
- summary,
- summing up,
- twinning