iterative

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Since the algorithm is iterative, and since we desire a high throughput rate, the iterations are

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  1. adjective Characterized by or involving repetition, recurrence, reiteration, or repetitiousness.
  2. adjective Grammar Frequentative.

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  • Since the algorithm is iterative, and since we desire a high throughput rate, the iterations are —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The focus of the publication is the development of robust preconditioners for the iterative solution of electromagnetic field boundary value problems (BVPs) discretized by means of finite methods. —  AvaxHome RSS:
  • The process is iterative, and each cycle is faster than its predecessor. —  Ethical Technology
  • The Web is iterative - you can and should make adjustments on the fly. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Rich context, iterative, personal, demonstrative, have-it-your-way information, conveyed through conversation. —  How to Save the World
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  1. = French itératif = Spanish Portuguese Italian iterativo, from Late Latin iterativus, serving to repeat (said of iterative verbs), from Latin iterare, past participle iteratus, repeat: see iterate.
 

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