"iteration" in the noun 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"
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"
3. iteration
doing or saying again a repeated performance
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