Dictionary

iteration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio Berkshire
• /ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˌɪɾ.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən] (Canada, General-American)
• [ˌəɾ.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən] (New-Zealand)
• [ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌət.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˌɪt.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ (Australia)
• [ˌɪɾ.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən] (Australia)
• /ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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 […] 2014, “Jazz at Lincoln Center”, in Radio New Zealand Schedule for Saturday 6th December:
   • Three or four complete iterations of various options are needed to gain cross-industry agreement. 2020 October 7, Gordon Dudman, “Railway timetabling is a challenge even at the best of times”, in Rail, page 48:
   • 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. 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 12:
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.

Forms

Deriveds

subiteration · pentation · tetration · iteration mark · hexation

Hyponyms

polymorphic iteration

Synonyms

reiteration (repetition) · repeat

Translations (46)

pl iteracja (single repetition of the code within a process) · bg итера́ция (repetition in a computer program) · es iteración (single repetition of the code within a process) · fi iteraatiokerta (single repetition of the code within a process) · it iterazione (single repetition of the code within a process) · uk ітера́ція (repetition in a computer program) · sv iteration (repetition in a computer program) · nl herhaling (repetition in a computer program) · fr itération (repetition in a computer program) · no iterasjon (repetition in a computer program) · ru повто́р (second performance, repetition) · ro iterație (repetition in a computer program) · fi iteraatio (repetition in a computer program) · uk ітера́ція (single repetition of the code within a process) · mk повторливост (repetition in a computer program) · de Wiederholung (second performance, repetition) · sv iteration (single repetition of the code within a process) · fr itération (single repetition of the code within a process) · ru итера́ция (repetition in a computer program) · mk повторливост (single repetition of the code within a process) · vi phép lặp (repetition in a computer program) · es iteración (repetition in a computer program) · de Iteration (single repetition of the code within a process) · pt iteração (single repetition of the code within a process) · tl pagliwan (repetition in a computer program) · de Durchlauf (single repetition of the code within a process) · pl iteracja (repetition in a computer program) · hu iteráció (repetition in a computer program) · it iterazione (repetition in a computer program) · mi whitiauau (repetition in a computer program) · cmn 迭代 (repetition in a computer program) · pt iteração (repetition in a computer program) · cs iterace (repetition in a computer program) · cmn 疊代 /叠代 (repetition in a computer program) · nl herhaling (second performance, repetition) · ru раз (second performance, repetition) · ro iterare (repetition in a computer program) · id perulangan (second performance, repetition) · tl pagliwan (single repetition of the code within a process) · de Iterationsschritt (single repetition of the code within a process) · de Iteration (repetition in a computer program) · ar تَكْرَار (repetition in a computer program) · id perlelaran (second performance, repetition) · id lelaran (single repetition of the code within a process) · nl iteratie (repetition in a computer program) · id lelaran (repetition in a computer program)