noun
1. (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
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the solution took hundreds of iterations
• Syn: ↑loop
• Derivationally related forms: ↑iterate
• Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing
• Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑physical process
2. (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained
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the solution is obtained by iteration
• Syn: ↑looping
• Derivationally related forms: ↑iterate
• Topics: ↑computer science, ↑computing
• Hypernyms: ↑process, ↑physical process
3. doing or saying again; a repeated performance
• Derivationally related forms: ↑iterate
• Hypernyms: ↑repetition, ↑repeating
Useful english dictionary. 2012.