Sekirov Dictionary

iterate

/ˈɪtəɹeɪt/

verb 4
adjective 2
/ˈɪtərət/ noun 2
forms 3

verb4

To repeat an activity, making incremental changes each time.
•
To perform or repeat an action on each item in a set.
- The max() function iterates through the data to find the highest value.
•
To perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action.
- In mathematics, an iterated function is a function which is composed with itself, possibly ad infinitum, in a process called iteration.
•
(no longer used) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat.
- Nor Eve to iterate / Her former trespass feared. — 1667

adjective2

(no longer used) Said or done again; repeated.
(no longer used) Iterated.

iterate

/ˈɪtərət/

noun2

•
An n-fold self-composition of a function.
- 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. — 2011
•
The image of a certain value under such a function.
- f²(x₀) is the second iterate of x₀ under f.

forms

iterated · iterating · iterates

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