define looping

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1. amomipais82
   

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   1.
   a. A length of line, thread, ribbon, or other thin material that is curved or doubled over making an opening.
   b. The opening formed by such a doubled line.
   2. Something having a shape, order, or path of motion that is circular or curved over on itself.
   3. Electricity A closed circuit.
   4. Computer Science A sequence of instructions that repeats either a specified number of times or until a particular condition is met.
   5. A type of loop-shaped intrauterine device.
   6. A flight maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane with the lateral axis of the aircraft remaining horizontal.
   7. A segment of film or magnetic tape whose ends are joined, making a strip that can be continuously replayed.
   8. Sports See league1.
   v. looped, loop·ing, loops
   v.tr.
   1. To form into a loop.
   2. To fasten, join, or encircle with loops or a loop.
   3. To fly (an aircraft) in a loop.
   4. To move in a loop or an arc.
   5. Electricity To join (conductors) so as to complete a circuit.
   6. To add or substitute (words) in a film by altering the sound track.
   v.intr.
   1. To form a loop.
   2. To move in a loop: "The couple looped constantly around the international social circuit" (Walter Isaacson).
   3. To make a loop in an aircraft.
   Idioms:
   in the loop
   Part of a group that is kept up-to-date with information about something: knew about the merger because she's in the loop.
   knock/throw for a loop
   Slang To surprise tremendously; astonish.
   out of the loop
   Not part of a group that is kept up-to-date with information about something.

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