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loop

/luːp/

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A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.

Examples :

"The seamstress used a loop of thread to create the buttonhole. "

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The opening so formed.

Examples :

"The loop in the shoelace allowed me to tie it easily. "

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A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.

Examples :

"Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints."

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A ring road or beltway.

Examples :

"The school is located near the loop, which makes getting there much faster. "

area way traffic

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An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.

Examples :

"The music teacher used a loop of audio recording to play the same short melody over and over again for practice. "

media technology entertainment

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A complete circuit for an electric current.

Examples :

"The circuit board had a faulty loop, preventing the computer from powering on. "

electronics electric technology physics

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A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.

Examples :

"The computer program has a loop that repeats the calculation until the answer is close enough to the target value. "

computing technology

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An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.

Examples :

"The map of the hiking trail showed a loop that started and ended at the park entrance. "

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A path that starts and ends at the same point.

Examples :

"The garden path has a loop, so you can walk around it without turning back. "

"The park trail is a loop, starting and ending at the same spot. "

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A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.

Examples :

"The school bus follows a loop route, starting and ending at the school. "

system vehicle way traffic

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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.

Examples :

"The train station has a loop where trains can turn around and return to the city center. "

vehicle traffic place technical

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A quasigroup with an identity element.

Examples :

"The schedule for our weekly family game night forms a loop; we always play the same games in the same order. "

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A loop-shaped intrauterine device.

Examples :

"The doctor inserted a loop into the patient's uterus. "

medicine device sex

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An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.

Examples :

"The pilot performed a beautiful loop in the air during the aerobatic show. "

vehicle action technical military sport

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A small, narrow opening; a loophole.

Examples :

"The contract had a small loop that allowed for renegotiation. "

gap law possibility

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A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.

Examples :

"The protein's structure showed a loop between the alpha-helices, which affected its function. "

biology biochemistry structure

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A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

Examples :

"The blacksmith heated the loop of iron to make it malleable for shaping. "

material industry technical

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To form something into a loop.

Examples :

"The tailor looped the thread around the button to secure it. "

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To fasten or encircle something with a loop.

Examples :

"The seamstress looped the thread around the button to secure it. "

action technical

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To fly an aircraft in a loop.

Examples :

"The pilot expertly looped the airplane over the stadium. "

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To move something in a loop.

Examples :

"The child looped the rope around the tree trunk. "

action way machine technical

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To join electrical components to complete a circuit.

Examples :

"To power the classroom projector, the technician had to loop the wires from the outlet to the machine. "

electronics technology electric

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To duplicate the route of a pipeline.

Examples :

"The construction crew needs to loop the water pipeline around the new building to ensure consistent water supply. "

technical industry utility process machine

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To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.

Examples :

"The programmer looped the code, causing the computer to freeze while he was trying to print out the class roster. "

computing technology technical electronics

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To form a loop.

Examples :

"The gardener looped the hose around the rose bushes. "

action structure

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To move in a loop.

Examples :

"The program loops until the user presses a key."

action way process