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1. n. A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. | |
2. n. The opening so formed. | |
3. n. A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. | |
Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints. | |
4. n. A ring road or beltway. | |
5. n. An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition. | |
6. n. A complete circuit for an electric current. | |
7. n. (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied. | |
8. n. (graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex. | |
9. n. (topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point. | |
10. n. (transportation) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point. | |
11. n. (algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element. | |
12. n. A loop-shaped intrauterine device. | |
13. n. An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane. | |
14. n. A small, narrow opening; a loophole. | |
15. n. alternative form of loupes (mass of iron). | |
16. n. (biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure. | |
17. v. To form something into a loop. | |
18. v. To fasten or encircle something with a loop. | |
19. v. To fly an aircraft in a loop. | |
20. v. To move something in a loop. | |
21. v. To join electrical components to complete a circuit. | |
22. v. To duplicate the route of a pipeline. | |
23. v. To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up. | |
24. v. (intransitive) To form a loop. | |
25. v. (intransitive) To move in a loop. | |
The program loops until the user presses a key. | |