iteration

noun
/ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌɪt.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/CA/ˌɪt.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From Latin iterātiō, from iterō. Morphologically iterate + -ion.

  1. derived from iterātiō

Definitions

  1. A recital or a second performance

    A recital or a second performance; a repetition.

  2. A variation or version.

    • The architect drafted several iterations of the floorplan before deciding on his final design.
    • Still going strong in his ninth decade, Wein celebrates his 88th birthday behind the piano accompanied by the latest iteration of his band, the Newport All-Stars, featuring tenor saxophonist […]
    • If proximity is built into the very concept of ecology, not to mention iterations of environmentalism such as the local food movement, then a distancing mode like irony seems utterly unecological and unenvironmentalist.
  3. The use of repetition in a computer program, especially in the form of a loop.

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A single repetition of the code within such a repetitive process.

      • The code calculates the appropriate value at each iteration.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at iteration. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at iteration. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at iteration

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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