loop

Noun

• a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane

• a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates

• an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop

• the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component

• a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied

• the basic pattern of the human fingerprint

• an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
  • he's no longer in the loop
    

• (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
  • the solution took hundreds of iterations
    

• anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)

• fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

Verb

• fasten or join with a loop
  • He looped the watch through his belt
    

• wind around something in coils or loops

• fly loops, perform a loop
  • the stunt pilot looped his plane
    

• make a loop in
  • loop a rope
    

• move in loops
  • The bicycle looped around the tree
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  loop-the-loop , closed circuit , loop topology , iteration , cringle , eyelet , grommet , grummet , coil , curl , intertwine
• Antonyms: 
  open circuit , uncoil