iteration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
    loop.
    • the solution took hundreds of iterations
  2. noun (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained
    looping.
    • the solution is obtained by iteration
  3. noun doing or saying again; a repeated performance

WordNet

It`er*a"tion noun
Etymology
L. iteratio.
Definitions
  1. Recital or performance a second time; repetition. Bacon.
    What needs this iteration, woman? Shak.

Webster 1913