loop

IPA: ɫˈup

A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
The opening so formed.
A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
A ring road or beltway.
An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
A complete circuit for an electric current.
(programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
(graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
(topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.
(transport) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
(rail transport) A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop.
(algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.
A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
(biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
A surname.
Alternative form of loup (“mass of iron”) [A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.]
Acronym of loss of offsite power.

(transitive) To form something into a loop.
(transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
(transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.
(transitive) To move something in a loop.
(transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
(transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
(transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
(intransitive) To form a loop.
(intransitive) To move in a loop.
To place in a loop.

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