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loop

/luːp/

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A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
The opening so formed.
A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
"Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints."
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 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.