[
US
/ˈɫup/
]
[ UK /lˈuːp/ ]
[ UK /lˈuːp/ ]
NOUN
- the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
- an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
- fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
- the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
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(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
the solution took hundreds of iterations - a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
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an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
he's no longer in the loop - a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
- a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
- anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
VERB
-
make a loop in
loop a rope -
move in loops
The bicycle looped around the tree -
fasten or join with a loop
He looped the watch through his belt -
fly loops, perform a loop
the stunt pilot looped his plane - wind around something in coils or loops
How To Use loop In A Sentence
- They could have been classed as ship-rigged sloops-of-war and were built by Thomas Fishburn in 1770 at Whitby.
- Only a bit of string looped round a nail in the doorpost held it shut.
- A useful treatment method is the potent loop diuretic, furosemide, along with the hypertonic saline.
- It simply consists of a steel hook and a piece of rope with a loop on the end.
- Any tartness and capers seemed to have abandoned this dish for a more elegant life, leaving a creamy, flavourless gloop on the plate.
- Option 1 is to connect the supply cable as a spur to an existing loop-in ceiling rose or junction box.
- The first man picked up the end and threaded it through the loop on his leg iron.
- = \% A_LoopField\% and no need for envadd, you can use count: = A_Index or count++ AutoHotkey Community
- A part of me wants to snuggle up against his side and let him loop a lazy arm around my shoulders, but another part knows that I can't.
- Red cabbage's fresh, raw crunch is a great addition to salads (see today's recipe), though I quite understand that some of you may have been put off by its appearance in mediocre coleslaws dressed in gloopy, cheap mayonnaise, its pigment seeping into the dressing to create a rather unappealing mess. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's red cabbage recipes
