loop

/luːp/

noun

1
A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
2
The opening so formed.
3
A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
“Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.”
4
A ring road or beltway.
5
An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
6
A complete circuit for an electric current.
7
A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
8
An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
9
A path that starts and ends at the same point.
10
A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
11
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.
12
A quasigroup with an identity element.
13
A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
14
An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
15
A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
16
A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.

1
A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

1
To form something into a loop.
2
To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
3
To fly an aircraft in a loop.
4
To move something in a loop.
5
To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
6
To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
7
To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
8
To form a loop.
9
To move in a loop.
“The program loops until the user presses a key.”

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