loop

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. A [[length]] of [[thread]], [[line]] or [[rope]] that is [[doubled]] [[over]] to make an [[opening]].
2. The opening so formed.
3. A [[shape]] produced by a [[curve]] that [[bend]]s around and [[cross]]es itself.
4. A [[process]] that returns to its beginning and then [[repeat]]s itself in the same [[sequence]].
5. A [[ring road]] or [[beltway]].
6. An [[endless]] strip of [[tape]] or [[film]] allowing [[continuous]] [[repetition]].
7. A complete [[circuit]] for an [[electric]] [[current]].
8. {{lb|en|programming}} A [[programmed]] [[sequence]] of [[instruction]]s that is [[repeat]]ed [[until]] or [[while]] a particular [[condition]] is [[satisfied]].
9. {{lb|en|graph theory}} An [[edge]] that begins and ends on the same [[vertex]].
10. {{lb|en|topology}} A [[path]] that starts and ends at the same [[point]].
11. {{lb|en|transportation}} A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same [[point]].
12. {{lb|en|rail}} A place at a [[terminus]] where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a {{w|balloon loop}}, [[turning]] loop, or [[reversing]] loop.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[form#Verb|form]] something into a [[#Noun|loop]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[fasten]] or [[encircle]] something with a [[#Noun|loop]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[fly#Verb|fly]] an [[aircraft]] in a [[#Noun|loop]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[move#Verb|move]] something in a [[#Noun|loop]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[play#Verb|play]] something (such as a song or video) in a [[#Noun|loop]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[join]] [[electrical]] [[component]]s to [[complete]] a [[circuit]].
7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[duplicate]] the [[route]] of a [[pipeline]].
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To create an [[error]] in a [[computer]] [[program]] so that it [[run]]s in an [[endless]] [[#Noun|loop]] and the computer [[freeze up|freezes up]].
9. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[form]] a [[#Noun|loop]].
10. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[move]] in a [[#Noun|loop]].
11. To place in a loop.
12. {{lb|en|education|ambitransitive}} To have the teacher progress through multiple school years with the same students.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.
2. {{lb|en|Melbourne|informal|in the singular}} The [[:w:City Loop|City Loop]].

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