loop
has definitions from the fields of transportation,physics,electronics,sexuality,computer science,sport
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[ verb ] move in loops
Examples "The bicycle looped around the tree" Used in print (Life BR-C16. Saturday Review, 44:15 (April 15, 1961)...)Ten_thousand twisty miles of shoreline frame the 30 - odd lakes in the vast Tennessee_River system that loops in and out of seven states . Related terms |
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[ verb ] make a loop in, as of rope or string
Synonyms Used in print (Clifford Irving, The Valley....)Clayton looped the reins in a knot over the veranda post and patted the warm flesh of his neck . |
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[ noun ] fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
Used in print (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)A match flared , and he reached above his head to light a lantern which hung from a wire loop . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (sexuality) an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
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[ noun ] (computer science) a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
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[ noun ] (physics,electronics) a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
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[ noun ] (transportation) a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
Examples "they took an extended tour of Europe" "we took a quick circuit of the park" "a ten-day coach circuit of the island" |
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[ noun ] an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
Examples "he's no longer in the loop" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
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[ noun ] the topology of a network whose components are connected in a loop
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[ noun ] (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
Synonyms Examples "the solution took hundreds of iterations" Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 11675
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[ noun ] (transportation) a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
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