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iteration

[it-uh-rey-shuhn]

noun

the act of repeating; a repetition.

Mathematics.

Also called successive approximation. a problem-solving or computational method in which a succession of approximations, each building on the one preceding, is used to achieve a desired degree of accuracy.

an instance of the use of this method.

Computers. a repetition of a statement or statements in a program.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English < Latin iterātiōn-, stem of iterātiō; see iterate, -ion

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a proportion containing terms of which an increase in one results in a decrease in another

the amount by which one quantity is greater or less than another

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Ellena had presented an iteration of the perfume he was working on to the creative team.

And he indicated that he hoped that any further iteration of a settlement would deal with those issues more seriously.

The current iteration of supermarkets is in reality a bit of a pox upon our house.

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Ellena had presented an iteration of the perfume he was working on to the creative team.

And he indicated that he hoped that any further iteration of a settlement would deal with those issues more seriously.

The current iteration of supermarkets is in reality a bit of a pox upon our house.

But you don't need to see every iteration to know that it is happening anyway.

The latter iteration came to be known as the stein, though the two seem to be used interchangeably.

If the algorithms were successful at moving the robots closer to a target, they'd be used in the next iteration.

Click here for the latest iteration and here for technical background.

Waiting for technology to tweak better in its next iteration is foolish.

Our next iteration of designs will be aimed at addressing these problems.

Important genes usually exist in multiple copies, in case one iteration gets damaged.

But the newest iteration is that the firm is pulling strings in the market meltdown and bailout.

Cambridge is horrible at ebooks and is getting worse with each new iteration.

Its popularity prompted another iteration the following week.

Rumors that the next iteration of the device will still be black-and-white also might be short-lived.

Wiesinger represents plant hunting's latest iteration.

My syllabus always changes a bit from one iteration of.

The latest iteration contains advanced features for subtle style effects, object shading and transitions.

In an ideal case every iteration would make a better fractional representation.

Please forgive a new iteration of this oft-asked question, but here is my situation.

Our project is utterly interdisciplinary and uses an iteration of the neural network concept into a large learning system.

In a little over a year, the rugged watch maker has updated the phone twice, with the newest iteration being.

In this iteration pushy blondes come on to him, and he ruefully fails to resist.

It's the fighter jet effect, each new iteration becomes exponentially more.

It does not mean that the earlier iteration was unsuccessful.

In a little over a year, the rugged watch maker has updated the phone twice, with the newest iteration.

They also worry that given scarce resources during the recession, one iteration of the game will siphon from the other.

But the stable version is also kept on the site until editors decide that a later iteration is superior.

Its newest iteration runs on biodiesel and has a wind turbine.

Each new discovery puts bounds on the next iteration of theory.

It creates a sorted list of students for each iteration you require.

The console version will be based on the upcoming third iteration of the game.

We'll see how this latest iteration of the same experiment works out.

The first iteration of iCub hit the bull's-eye, standing three and a half meters from the target, in eight attempts.

And this is also a space that many electronics companies see as possible next iteration of computing.

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World English Dictionary

iterate (ˈɪtəˌreɪt)

—vb
	(tr) to say or do again; repeat

[C16: from Latin iterāre, from iterum again]

'iterant

—*adj*

iter'ation

—n

'iterance

—n

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Computing Dictionary

iteration definition

programming
Repetition of a sequence of instructions. A fundamental part of many algorithms. Iteration is characterised by a set of initial conditions, an iterative step and a termination condition.
A well known example of iteration in mathematics is Newton-Raphson iteration. Iteration in programs is expressed using loops, e.g. in C:
new_x = n/2; do x = new_x; new_x = 0.5 * (x + n/x); while (abs(new_x-x) > epsilon);
Iteration can be expressed in functional languages using recursion:
solve x n = if abs(new_x-x) > epsilon then solve new_x n else new_x where new_x = 0.5 * (x + n/x)
solve n/2 n
(1998-04-04)

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