Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ITERATION
n.[L. iteratio.] Repetition; recital or performance a second time.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ITERATION
It `er *a "tion, n. Etym: [L. iteratio.]
Defn: Recital or performance a second time; repetition. Bacon. What needs this iteration, woman Shak.
New American Oxford Dictionary
iteration
it er a tion |ˌitəˈrāSHən ˌɪdəˈreɪʃən | ▶noun the repetition of a process or utterance. • repetition of a mathematical or computational procedure applied to the result of a previous application, typically as a means of obtaining successively closer approximations to the solution of a problem. • a new version of a piece of computer hardware or software. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin iteratio (n- ), from the verb iterare (see iterate ).
Oxford Dictionary
iteration
it ¦er |ation |ɪtəˈreɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the repetition of a process or utterance. • repetition of a mathematical or computational procedure applied to the result of a previous application, typically as a means of obtaining successively closer approximations to the solution of a problem. • [ count noun ] a new version of a piece of computer hardware or software. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin iteratio (n- ), from the verb iterare (see iterate ).
Duden Dictionary
Iteration
Ite ra ti on Substantiv, feminin EDV , die |Iterati o n |die Iteration; Genitiv: der Iteration, Plural: die Iterationen lateinisch iteratio = Wiederholung, über lateinisch iterare = wiederholen zu: lateinisch iterum = abermals, wieder wiederholte Anwendung derselben Anweisung, Funktion oder desselben Programmteils
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