iteration

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪ.təˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, [ɪ.təˈɹeɪ.ʃn̩]

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• (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)

1. Recital or performance a second time; repetition.
2. 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.

3. (computing) The use of repetition in a computer program, especially in the form of a loop.
4. (computing) A single repetition of the code within such a repetitive process.

   The code calculates the appropriate value at each iteration.

• (repetition): reiteration, repeat; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence

• (computing): polymorphic iteration

• iteration mark