Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun iteration

3 senses of iteration

Sense 1
iteration, loop -- ((computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took hundreds of iterations")
       => process, physical process -- (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls")

Sense 2
iteration, looping -- ((computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained; "the solution is obtained by iteration")
       => process, physical process -- (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls")

Sense 3
iteration -- (doing or saying again; a repeated performance)
       => repetition, repeating -- (the act of doing or performing again)