loop
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- n fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
- n anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
- n (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
- 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
- n an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
- n a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
- n a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
- v move in loops
The bicycle looped around the tree - v make a loop in
loop a rope - v fly loops, perform a loop
the stunt pilot looped his plane - v wind around something in coils or loops
- v fasten or join with a loop
He looped the watch through his belt
- Carol and Douglas Hofstadler in a mutual nose touching, forming a (metaphorical) "strange loop" in July of 1987 in the Wallowa Mountains in Eastern Oregon.
- When the secondary loop lost pressure and the turbine stopped, they said, this caused a rise in both pressure and temperature in the primary loop.
- Then the loop starts all over again, but with that sense of looming doom one notch darker.