loop
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Definitions
                    Noun
                    
                fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
                
                    Noun
                    
                anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
                
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                (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took hundreds of iterations"
                
                    Noun
                    
                an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan); "he''s no longer in the loop"
                
                    Noun
                    
                the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
                
                    Noun
                    
                a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
                
                    Noun
                    
                the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
                
                    Noun
                    
                an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
                
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                a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
                
                    Noun
                    
                a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
                
                    Verb
                    
                move in loops; "The bicycle looped around the tree"
                
                    Verb
                    
                make a loop in; "loop a rope"
                
                    Verb
                    
                fly loops, perform a loop; "the stunt pilot looped his plane"
                
                    Verb
                    
                wind around something in coils or loops
                
                    Verb
                    
            fasten or join with a loop; "He looped the watch through his belt"
                Synonyms
                    closed circuit
                    coil
                    cringle
                    curl
                    eyelet
                    grommet
                    grummet
                    intertwine
                    iteration
                    loop topology
                    loop-the-loop
            
            More General Terms
                    airplane maneuver
                    bind
                    camp
                    circle
                    circuit
                    circulate
                    clique
                    computer program
                    computer programme
                    coterie
                    electric circuit
                    electrical circuit
                    entwine
                    fastener
                    fastening
                    fingerprint
                    fixing
                    flight maneuver
                    holdfast
                    ingroup
                    inner circle
                    intrauterine device
                    IUD
                    Jordan curve
                    knit
                    network topology
                    pack
                    physical process
                    process
                    program
                    programme
                    roll
                    simple closed curve
                    tie
                    topology
                    twine
                    wind
                    wrap
            
            More Specific Terms
                    band
                    belt
                    bight
                    crochet
                    drip loop
                    hook
                    inside loop
                    lobe
                    noose
                    outside loop
                    parallel circuit
                    running noose
                    shunt circuit
                    slip noose