iterative
/ˈɪt(ə)rətɪv
/adjective
1Relating to or involving iteration, especially of a mathematical or computational process.This book is the result of an iterative process of consulting with experts in the field of computer and network security....
- An iterative best-fit curve computational program is used to determine k.
- In fact, the development process was based on iterative development and improvement of source code.
1.1 Linguistics Denoting a grammatical rule that can be applied repeatedly.
1.2 Grammar another term for frequentative.There is a class of verbs in all the Dravidian languages that have sometimes been called iterative or frequentative.
Derivatives
iteratively
/ adverb ...- We use a Markovian approach to calculate the probabilities of identity by descent iteratively from one generation to the next, assuming an infinite allele model.
- This process was repeated iteratively, one tree - length step at a time, until the consensus result did not support the given phylogenetic hypothesis suggested by the EMPT
- Okay, you will now program it iteratively, not recursively.
Origin
Late 15th century: from French itératif, -ive, from Latin iterare 'to repeat'; the grammar term is from late Latin iterativus.