Loop
Pronunciation
- IPA: /luËp/
- Rhymes: -uËp
Origin
From Middle English loupe ("noose, loop"), earlier lowp-knot ("loop-knot"), of origin, ultimately from Old Norse hlaup ("a run", literally, "a leap"), used in the sense of a "running knot". Compare Swedish löp-knut ("loop-knot"), Danish løb-knude ("a running knot"), Danish løb ("a course"). More at leap.
Full definition of loop
Noun
loop
(plural loops)- 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.Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.
- A ring road or beltway.
- An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
- A complete circuit for an electric current.
- (computing) 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.
- (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.
- ShakespeareAnd stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence
The eye of Reason may pry in upon us. - Alternative form of loup (mass of iron).
Derived terms
Verb
- (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.
- (intransitive) To form a loop.
- (intransitive) To move in a loop.The program loops until the user presses a key.
- 2011, February 4, Gareth Roberts, Wales 19-26 England, The outstanding Tom Palmer won a line-out and then charged into the heart of the Welsh defence, scrum-half Ben Youngs moved the ball swiftly right and Cueto's looping pass saw Ashton benefit from a huge overlap to again run in untouched.