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a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane fly loops, perform a loop; "the stunt pilot looped his plane" make a loop in; "loop a rope" fasten or join with a loop; "He looped the watch through his belt" anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself) an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan); "he''s no longer in the loop" the basic pattern of the human fingerprint a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop move in loops; "The bicycle looped around the tree" (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took hundreds of iterations" the topology of a network whose components are connected in a loop wind around something in coils or loops a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines |
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