loop
Nouns
- (n) fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines cringle, grommet, grummet, eyelet,
- (n) anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
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(n) (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
- the solution took hundreds of iterations
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(n) an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
- he's no longer in the loop
- (n) the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
- (n) a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
- (n) the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component loop topology,
- (n) an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
- (n) a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates closed circuit,
- (n) a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane loop-the-loop,
Verbs
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(v) move in loops
- The bicycle looped around the tree
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(v) make a loop in
- loop a rope
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(v) fly loops, perform a loop
- the stunt pilot looped his plane
- (v) wind around something in coils or loops coil, curl,
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(v) fasten or join with a loop
- He looped the watch through his belt