noun
- Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
- Anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself. )
- Computer science. ( a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated)
- usage: "the solution took hundreds of iterations"
- synonyms: iteration
- An inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan. )
- usage: "he's no longer in the loop"
- The basic pattern of the human fingerprint.
- A computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied.
- The topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component.
- synonyms: loop topology
- An intrauterine device in the shape of a loop.
- A complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates.
- synonyms: closed circuit
- A flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane.
- synonyms: loop-the-loop
verb
- Move in loops.
- usage: "The bicycle looped around the tree"
- Make a loop in.
- usage: "loop a rope"
- synonyms: intertwine
- Fly loops, perform a loop.
- usage: "the stunt pilot looped his plane"
- Wind around something in coils or loops.
- Fasten or join with a loop.
- usage: "He looped the watch through his belt"
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