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loop

1  [loop]
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–noun
1. a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
2. anything shaped more or less like a loop, as a line drawn on paper, a part of a letter, a part of a path, or a line of motion.
3. a curved piece or a ring of metal, wood, or the like, used for the insertion of something, as a handle, etc.
4. intrauterine device.
5. Aeronautics. a maneuver executed by an airplane in such a manner that the airplane describes a closed curve in a vertical plane.
6. a circular area at the end of a trolley line, railroad line, etc., where cars turn around.
7. an arm of a cloverleaf where traffic may turn off or onto a main road or highway.
8. Physics. the part of a vibrating string, column of air or other medium, etc., between two adjacent nodes.
9. Electricity. a closed electric or magnetic circuit.
10. Computers. the reiteration of a set of instructions in a routine or program.
11. a wire, usually of platinum, one end of which is curved to form a loop, used for transferring microorganisms from one medium to another.
12. a sand bar that encloses or nearly encloses a body of water.
13. Figure Skating. a school figure in which a skater traces a large half circle, a small oval within its arc, and another large half circle to complete the figure while remaining on the same skating edge.
14. the loop, a group or network of insiders or influential people; inner circle: to be out of the loop on policy decisions.
15. the Loop, the main business district of Chicago.
–verb (used with object)
16. to form into a loop.
17. to make a loop in.
18. to enfold or encircle in or with something arranged in a loop.
19. to fasten by forming into a loop, or by means of something formed into a loop (often fol. by up): to loop up the new draperies.
20. to cause (a missile or projectile) to trace a looping or looplike trajectory through the air: to loop a grenade into the building.
21. to fly (an airplane) in a loop or series of loops.
22. to construct a closed electric or magnetic circuit.
23. Movies. to complete by means of looping: We still have to loop the final scenes.
–verb (used without object)
24. to make or form a loop: The river loops around the two counties.
25. to move by forming loops, as a measuringworm.
26. to trace a looping or looplike path through the air: The fly ball looped high in the air.
27. to perform a loop or series of loops in an airplane.
28. Movies. to record dialogue, sound effects, etc., onto an existing film track or soundtrack.
—Idiom
29. throw or knock for a loop, to astonish or upset: Her quitting the project really threw me for a loop.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME loupe loop of cloth, perh. < ScotGael lub loop, bend
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: loop
Pronunciation: 'lüp
Function: noun
1 : a curving or doubling of a line so as to form a closed or partly open curve within itselfthrough which another line can be passed
2 a : something (as an anatomical part) shaped like a loop —see LOOP OF HENLE, LIPPES LOOP b : 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
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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loop (l&oomacr;p)
n.
A curve or bend in a cord or other cylindrical body, forming an oval or circular ring.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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