Meaning of Loop | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Acronym of loss of offsite power.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
3. A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
4. The City Loop.
   informal, singular
5. The opening so formed.
6. A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
7. A ring road or beltway.
8. An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
9. A complete circuit for an electric current.
10. A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
11. An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
12. A path that starts and ends at the same point.
13. A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
14. 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.
15. A passing loop.
16. A quasigroup with an identity element.
17. A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
18. An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
19. A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
20. A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
21. A sports league
    Canada, US, dated
22. The curved path of the ball bowled by a spin bowler.

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Examples

“Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.”

“He can hang out in the back room of the local adult bookstore […] and hope for a stand-up blow-job through the glory hole in the partition of the two booths that show gay loops.”

“In 1908 the line was extended to a station called Wood Lane, which was built on a terminal track loop so that trains could turn round and go back the other way, [...]”

“Basingstoke-Exeter will test this. From Salisbury westwards, it's largely single-track since British Rail downgraded it in 1967. There's a ten-mile loop between Templecombe and Yeovil, as well as shorter loops at Chard, Axminster and Honiton.”

“And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence / The eye of Reason may pry in upon us.”

“Arellano formerly cavorted for the Galicias in the fast-paced National-American Soccer loop.”

“Does this train go through the Loop?”

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