iterating

Looping through repeatedly

Iterating is repeating a process, typically with slight modifications each time.

In computing and mathematics, iteration means executing the same operation repeatedly until a condition is met: The program keeps iterating through the loop until it finds a match.

More broadly, iterating describes any cyclical refinement: We're still iterating on the design.

refinement

tweaking

Slight adjustment process

adjusting · revising · improving · enhancing · honing · perfecting · calibrating · debugging · reworking · tailoring

cycle

looping

Moving in circles

rotation · oscillation · repetition · recurrence · circulation · revolving · pulsation · alternation · flux · rhythm

repeating

reiterating

Stating something anew

redoing · rehashing · echoing · duplicating · reproducing · replicating · repeating · recursion · redundancy · reprise

progress

advancing

Moving in forward direction

growing · expanding · scaling · transforming · maturing · upgrading · innovating · breakthrough · momentum · sprint

Categories
Opposites
repetition vs. single occurrence

iteratingone-shot

Occurring just once

one-off

process approach

iteratingfinalizing

Making something permanent

completing · finishing · concluding · shipping · stopping

Phrases
Family

iteration, iterative, reiteration, iterations, reiterative, iteratively, reiterations

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