iterate
(verb) run or be performed again; “the function iterates”
repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
(verb) to say, state, or perform again; “She kept reiterating her request”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
iterate (third-person singular simple present iterates, present participle iterating, simple past and past participle iterated)
(computing) to perform or repeat an action on each item in a set
(computing, mathematics) to perform or repeat an action on the results of each such prior action
(transitive, archaic) To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat.
(design, ambitransitive) To repeat an activity, making incremental changes each time
• (to repeat): reiterate; see also reiterate
iterate (plural iterates)
(mathematics) a function that iterates
iterate (not comparable)
(obsolete) Said or done again; repeated.
• See repeated
• ariette
Source: Wiktionary
It"er*ate, a. Etym: [L. iteratus, p. p. of iterare to repeat, fr. iterum again, prop. a compar. from the stem of is he, that; cf. L. ita so, item likewise, also, Skr. itara other, iti thus. Cf. Identity, Item.]
Definition: Uttered or done again; repeated. [Obs.] Bp. Gardiner.
It"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Iterated; p. pr. & vb. n. Iterating.]
Definition: To utter or do a second time or many times; to repeat; as, to iterate advice. Nor Eve to iterate Her former trespass feared. Milton.
It"er*ate, adv.
Definition: By way of iteration.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2024
(adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
