Looping

Loop  (lp)

The central business district of Chicago, Illinois. The Loop was originally named for a loop in the elevated railroad tracks.

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loop ¹  (lp)

n.

1.

a. A length of line, thread, ribbon, or other thin material that is curved or doubled over making an opening.

b. The opening formed by such a doubled line.

2. Something having a shape, order, or path of motion that is circular or curved over on itself.

3. Electricity A closed circuit.

4. Computer Science A sequence of instructions that repeats either a specified number of times or until a particular condition is met.

5. A type of loop-shaped intrauterine device.

6. A flight maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane with the lateral axis of the aircraft remaining horizontal.

7. A segment of film or magnetic tape whose ends are joined, making a strip that can be continuously replayed.

8. Sports See league¹.

v. looped, loop·ing, loops

v.tr.

1. To form into a loop.

2. To fasten, join, or encircle with loops or a loop.

3. To fly (an aircraft) in a loop.

4. To move in a loop or an arc.

5. Electricity To join (conductors) so as to complete a circuit.

6. To add or substitute (words) in a film by altering the sound track.

v.intr.

1. To form a loop.

2. To move in a loop: "The couple looped constantly around the international social circuit" (Walter Isaacson).

3. To make a loop in an aircraft.

Idioms:

in the loop

Part of a group that is kept up-to-date with information about something: knew about the merger because she's in the loop.

knock/throw for a loop

Slang To surprise tremendously; astonish.

out of the loop

Not part of a group that is kept up-to-date with information about something.

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[Middle English loupe, probably from Middle Irish lúb (perhaps influenced by Middle English lep, basket).]

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loop ²  (lp)

n. Archaic

A loophole through which small arms may be fired.

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[Middle English loupe; akin to Middle Dutch lpen, to lie in wait, peer.]

Thesaurus

Noun

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looping - (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained; "the solution is obtained by iteration" iteration physical process, process - a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; "events now in process"; "the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls" computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures