iterativeadj.n.
/ˈɪtərətɪv/ A. adj.
1.
a. Characterized by repeating or being repeated.
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the world > action or operation > repeating > [adjective] > characterized by repetition
iterative1490
reiterative1619
repetitive1756
replicative1825
rum-ti-tum1832
the mind > language > speech > repetition > [adjective]
cuckoo-like1570
cuckooish1605
iterative1624
iterant1626
cuckoo1650
repetitious1673
repetitional1720
repetitionary1720
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos viii. 35 In payenge the extreme tribute of remembraunce yteratyue..[she] toke the swerde in hir honde, and mounted vp alle on hie vpon the woode.
1624 Briefe Information Affaires Palatinate 18 The Estates redoubled their most humble instances, by their often and iteratiue Letters.
1807 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 5 232 The voice of gratitude is not..still and small, but iterative and sonorous.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters viii. 204 Shallow is iterative; he repeats and repeats.
1889 J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Method 119 One of Mr. Swinburne's iterative disquisitions.
1899 Speaker 30 Dec. 339/2 His manner hesitating, iterative, involved.
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b. iterative function (Mathematics), a function resulting from successive operations with the same operator.
c. Mathematics. Of the nature of or employing iteration.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematics > [adjective] > relating to mathematical enquiry > of calculation > using repeated procedure
iterative1924
recursive1943
1924 E. T. Whittaker & G. Robinson Calculus of Observ. vi. 81 A pleasing characteristic of iterative processes may be observed..that a mistake in the performance of the numerical work does not invalidate the whole calculation.
1943 London, Edinb. & Dublin Philos. Mag. 7th Ser. 34 409 Iterative methods have found favour with computers, despite an outward semblance of clumsiness which masks their solid advantages from the casual critic.
1949 Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 45 230 Iterative methods seem very suitable, in principle, for application in large automatic calculating machines.
1953 A. S. Householder Princ. Numerical Anal. ii. 44 Generally speaking, an iterative method for solving an equation or set of equations is a rule for operating upon an approximate solution xp in order to obtain an improved solution xp + 1, and such that the sequence {xq} so defined has the solution x as its limit.
1968 E. T. Copson Metric Spaces viii. 115 The iterative process xn+ 1 = f(xn) leads to a solution of the equation x = f(x) when the mapping of the real line into itself is a contraction mapping.
2. Grammar. Denoting repetition of action; frequentative. Applied to one of the aspects of the verb in Slavonic.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > aspect > [adjective] > other specific aspects
frequentative1534
indefinite1827
iterative1827
semelfactive1827
telic1846
usitative1849
resultative1857
semi-telic1865
permansive1866
constative1901
effective1904
point-action1913
egressive1914
punctual1914
benefactive1943
1827 J. Heard Gram. Russ. Lang. v. §1. 142 The iterative [aspect of the verb] marks the frequent repetition of the action; as [strelivat′], to fire away, or to fire repeatedly.
1889 W. R. Morfill Gram. Russ. Lang. 36 Many verbs have no iterative aspect, and when a verb already ends in [-ivat′] or [-ȳvat′], it cannot take one.
B. n. Philology.
a. An iterative verb or aspect.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > aspect > [noun] > other specific aspects
infectum1833
iterative1853
permansive1872
resultative1902
progressive1906
egressive1914
terminate1931
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > verbs with specific aspects
frequentative1530
inchoative1530
inceptive1612
reiterative1805
iterative1853
continuative1870
stative1874
finite1924
1853 C. P. Reiff Eng.-Russ. Gram. i. 86 The aspects have not all the same number of tenses; the imperfect aspect is used in all the three tenses; the perfect is employed in the preterit and future, while the iterative is met with only in the preterit.
1884 J. Nestor-Schnurmann Russ. Man. 97 The variations in form of the same action are expressed by what is called in Russian branches or aspects..of a verb... There are four branches, viz.: the Indefinite, the Perfect, the Semelfactive.., and the Iterative... A Fifth Aspect might be added, viz.: the Inchoative.
b. A word expressing repetition of an action, sound, etc.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > repetition of sound > word which
iterative1961
1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. Collinson German Lang. i. i. 13 Formation of distributive numerals in Latin by adding -no to the iteratives.
1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. Collinson German Lang. ii. iii. 225 Verbs in -ern. Some are..iteratives..e.g. flattern.
1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk iv. 69 In Standard English one finds three kinds of iteratives: the simple ones like hush-hush..; those with vowel gradation like ding-dong..; and the rhyming ones like handy-dandy.
Derivatives
ˈiteratively adv. in an iterative manner, with iteration.
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the world > action or operation > repeating > [adverb]
reiteratively1619
repeatedlya1647
iterately1658
reiteratedly1660
renewedly1741
reiterately1794
repetitiously1828
iteratively1844
repetitively1872
1844 Fraser's Mag. 30 716/1 The complaints..are iteratively urged.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xx. 444 How conspicuously and iteratively the offer of money from Spain figured in the trials.
ˈiterativeness n.
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the world > action or operation > repeating > [noun] > quality of
repeatedness1664
repetitiveness1865
iterativeness1868
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. vi. 104 The enormous proportion..of Irish matters, and their..characteristic iterativeness.
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