Meaning

(computing) To perform or repeat an action on each item in a set..

Definitions by Sense

1. (computing) To perform or repeat an action on each item in a set.
2. (computing, mathematics) To perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action.
3. (transitive, archaic) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat.
4. (design, ambitransitive) To repeat an activity, making incremental changes each time.
5. (mathematics) An n-fold self-composition of a function.
6. (mathematics) The image of a certain value under such a function.
7. Said or done again; repeated.
8. (as a participle) Iterated.

Example Sentences

The max() function iterates through the data to find the highest value.

In mathematics, an iterated function is a function which is composed with itself, possibly ad infinitum, in a process called iteration.

to iterate advice

Nor Eve to iterate / Her former trespass feared.

"Where's your money?" Jack exclaimed, hoarsely, in a well-feigned voice. "Ah! where's the rowdy?" iterated Clayton, in a tone it was impossible to conceal.

For NASA and most private aerospace companies, a single crash is a setback that can take years to recover from. SpaceX works more like a Silicon Valley startup, where the goal is to fail quickly and iterate.

An important example of such a semigroup in infinite dimensional Hilbert space is the weak operator closed monothetic semigroup generated by a linear operator with equibounded iterates.

f²(x₀) is the second iterate of x₀ under f.

Word Forms

• iterates
• iterating
• iterated

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When Should You Use Iterate?

Use iterate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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