Loop
Definitions
- A surname.
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Acronym of loss of offsite power. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
- The City Loop.
- The opening so formed.
- A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
- A ring road or beltway.
- An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
- A complete circuit for an electric current.
- A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
- An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
- A path that starts and ends at the same point.
- A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
- 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.
- A passing loop.
- 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.
- A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.
- A sports league
- The curved path of the ball bowled by a spin bowler.
Equivalents
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?”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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