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Origin and Etymology of loop
Middle English loupe; perhaps akin to Middle Dutch lupen to watch, peer
loop
Definition of loop
1a : a curving or doubling of a line so as to form a closed or partly open curve within itself through which another line can be passed or into which a hook may be hookedb : such a fold of cord or ribbon serving as an ornament
2a : something shaped like or suggestive of a loopb : a circular airplane maneuver executed in the vertical plane
3 : a ring or curved piece used to form a fastening, handle, or catch
4 : a closed electric circuit
5a : a piece of film or magnetic tape whose ends are spliced together so as to project or play back the same material continuouslyb : a continuously repeated segment of music, dialogue, or images a drum loop
6 : a series of instructions (as for a computer) that is repeated until a terminating condition is reached
7 : a sports league
8 : a select well-informed inner circle that is influential in decision making out of the policy loop
for a loop
Origin and Etymology of loop
Middle English loupe, of unknown origin
loop
Definition of loop
intransitive verb
1 : to make or form a loop
2 : to execute a loop in an airplane
3 : to move in loops or in an arc
transitive verb
1a : to make a loop in, on, or aboutb : to fasten with a loop
2 : to join (two courses of loops) in knitting
3 : to connect (electric conductors) so as to complete a loop
4 : to cause to move in an arc
Examples of loop in a Sentence
The road loops around the pond.
The necklace is long enough to loop twice around my neck.
She looped a string around her finger.
He sat with his arms looped around his knees.
The ball looped over the shortstop's head into left field for a single.
The batter hit a looping single to left field.
The batter looped a single to left field.
The quarterback looped a pass downfield.
First Known Use of loop
1832
LOOP Defined for English Language Learners
loop
Definition of loop for English Language Learners
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: to form or cause (something) to form a loop
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: to move or cause (something) to move in a high curving path
LOOP Defined for Kids
Definition of loop for Students
1 : an almost oval form produced when something flexible and thin (as a wire or a rope) crosses over itself
2 : something (as a figure or bend) suggesting a flexible loop Her letters have large loops.
Definition of loop for Students
looped
;looping
1 : to make a circle or loop in Loop your shoelace.
2 : to form a circle or loop The road loops around the park.
Medical Dictionary
loop
playMedical Definition of loop
1: a curving or doubling of a line so as to form a closed or partly open curve within itself through which another line can be passed
2a: something (as an anatomical part) shaped like a loop—see loop of henle; lippes loopb: a surgical electrode in the form of a loop
3: a fingerprint in which some of the papillary ridges make a single backward turn without any twist
4: a wire usually of platinum bent at one end into a small loop (usually four millimeters in inside diameter) and used in transferring microorganisms
Illustration of loop
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