1. the repetition of a process or utterance: "what is the use of this constant iteration of the same things?"
▪ 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: "the equation can only be solved through iteration"
▪ a new version of a piece of computer hardware or software:"the app is now in its tenth iteration"
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin iteratio(n-), from the verb iterare (see iterate).