iteration

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

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɪ.təˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, [ɪ.təˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩]
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, [ˌɪɾ.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən]
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɪ.təˈɹæɪ.ʃən/, [ɪ.ɾəˈɹæɪ.ʃən]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

iteration (countable and uncountable, plural iterations)

A recital or a second performance; a repetition.
A variation or version.
The architect drafted several iterations of the floorplan before deciding on his final design.
- 2014, “Jazz at Lincoln Center”, in Radio New Zealand Schedule for Saturday 6th December‎:
  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 […]
- 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 12:
  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.
- 2020 October 7, Gordon Dudman, “Railway timetabling is a challenge even at the best of times”, in Rail, page 48:
  Three or four complete iterations of various options are needed to gain cross-industry agreement.
(computing) The use of repetition in a computer program, especially in the form of a loop.
(computing) A single repetition of the code within such a repetitive process.
The code calculates the appropriate value at each iteration.

second performance, repetition

repetition in a computer program

single repetition of the code within a process

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