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iteration(dictionary)

iteration (iou)



iteration noun. LME.
[Latin iteratio(n-), formed as ITERATE verb: see -ATION.]
a. (A) repetition of an action, process, or performance. LME.
b. Math. The repetition of an operation on its product; esp. the repeated use of a formula which provides a closer approximation to the solution of a given equation when an approximate solution is substituted in the formula, so that a series of successively closer approximations is obtained; (a single application of) such a formula. E20.
The repetition of something said. M16.