loop > define

noun

• Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.
  • synonyms: cringle, eyelet, grommet, grummet
• 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.
  • synonyms: coil, curl
• Fasten or join with a loop.
  • usage: "He looped the watch through his belt"

• (n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.
• (n.) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
• (n.) A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
• (n.) A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.
• (n.) A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
• (v.t.) To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
• (n.) The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.