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successive approximation

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it⋅er⋅a⋅tion

  [it-uh-rey-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act of repeating; a repetition.
2. Mathematics.
a. 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.
b. an instance of the use of this method.
3. Computers. a repetition of a statement or statements in a program.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < L iterātiōn-, s. of iterātiō; see iterate, -ion
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successive approximation  
n.  A method for estimating the value of an unknown quantity by repeated comparison to a sequence of known quantities.
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