iterative

adjective/ˈɪtəreɪtɪv/

Frequency rank: #14,906 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

involving repetition of a process in order to achieve a desired result, with each cycle building on the previous one.

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Example sentence

The team used iterative testing to gradually improve the software with each new version.

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