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Loop

//luːp// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.
2
The City Loop. informal, singular
"Does this train go through the Loop?"

Noun

1
A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
2
Acronym of loss of offsite power. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
3
a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane wordnet
4
The opening so formed.
5
a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates wordnet

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6
A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
"Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints."
7
fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines wordnet
8
A ring road or beltway.
9
an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop wordnet
10
An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
"He can hang out in the back room of the local adult bookstore […] and hope for a stand-up blow-job through the glory hole in the partition of the two booths that show gay loops."
11
the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component wordnet
12
A complete circuit for an electric current.
13
a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied wordnet
14
A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
15
the basic pattern of the human fingerprint wordnet
16
An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
17
an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan) wordnet
18
A path that starts and ends at the same point.
19
(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated wordnet
20
A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
21
anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself) wordnet
22
A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
"In 1908 the line was extended to a station called Wood Lane, which was built on a terminal track loop so that trains could turn round and go back the other way, [...]"
23
A passing loop.
"Basingstoke-Exeter will test this. From Salisbury westwards, it's largely single-track since British Rail downgraded it in 1967. There's a ten-mile loop between Templecombe and Yeovil, as well as shorter loops at Chard, Axminster and Honiton."
24
A quasigroup with an identity element.
25
A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
26
An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
27
A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
"And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence / The eye of Reason may pry in upon us."
28
Alternative form of loup (“mass of iron”). alt-of, alternative
29
A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
30
A sports league Canada, US, dated
"Arellano formerly cavorted for the Galicias in the fast-paced National-American Soccer loop."
31
The curved path of the ball bowled by a spin bowler.

Verb

1
To form something into a loop. transitive
2
fasten or join with a loop wordnet
3
To fasten or encircle something with a loop. transitive
4
wind around something in coils or loops wordnet
5
To fly an aircraft in a loop. transitive

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make a loop in wordnet
7
To move something in a loop. transitive
8
fly loops, perform a loop wordnet
9
To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop. transitive
10
move in loops wordnet
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To join electrical components to complete a circuit. transitive
12
To duplicate the route of a pipeline. transitive
13
To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up. transitive
14
To form a loop. intransitive
15
To move in a loop. intransitive
"The program loops until the user presses a key."
16
To place in a loop.
"It found that trains often looped on their journey emit 14% to 20% more NOx and particulates than non-stop services."
17
To have the teacher progress through multiple school years with the same students. ambitransitive
"Tolland Middle School in Connecticut where close to four hundred middle school students participated in looping, students from looped classroom structures scored much higher than students from prior years without the looped structure on standardized tests in mathematics and writing."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlaup (“a run”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap, run”). Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”). More at leap. The verb is derived from the noun.

Etymology 2

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