loop

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlaup (“a run”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap, run”). Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”). More at leap. The verb is derived from the noun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /luːp/ Rhymes: -uːp Homophone: loupe === Noun === loop (plural loops) A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. The opening so formed. A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence. Synonym: cycle feedback loop time loop A ring road or beltway. An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition. A complete circuit for an electric current. (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied. (graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex. (topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point. (transport) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point. (rail transport) A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop. (rail transport) A passing loop. (algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element. A loop-shaped intrauterine device. An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane. A small, narrow opening; a loophole. Alternative form of loup (“mass of iron”). (biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure. (Canada, US, dated, sports) A sports league (cricket) The curved path of the ball bowled by a spin bowler. ==== Hypernyms ==== control structure ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === loop (third-person singular simple present loops, present participle looping, simple past and past participle looped) (transitive) To form something into a loop. (transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop. (transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop. (transitive) To move something in a loop. (transitive) To play something (such as a song or video) in a loop. (transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit. (transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline. (transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up. (intransitive) To form a loop. (intransitive) To move in a loop. To place in a loop. (education, ambitransitive) To have the teacher progress through multiple school years with the same students. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Appendix:Parts of the knot === References === loop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === OOPL, Polo, Pool, polo, pool == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /lʊəp/ === Etymology 1 === From Dutch lopen, from Middle Dutch lôpen, from Old Dutch lōpan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run”). ==== Verb ==== loop (present loop, present participle lopende, past participle geloop) (intransitive) to walk ===== Alternative forms ===== loep (Western Cape) === Etymology 2 === From Dutch loop, from Middle Dutch lôop, from Old Dutch *lōp. ==== Noun ==== loop (plural lope, diminutive lopie) walking, gait (of events) course (of guns) barrel (informal) business end (of a rifle, etc.) (music, usually in diminutive) run: a rapid passage in music, especially along a scale == Chinese == === Etymology === From English loop. === Pronunciation === === Verb === loop (Hong Kong Cantonese) to repeatedly consume or play songs or videos 條片我loop咗幾百次 [Cantonese, trad.]条片我loop咗几百次 [Cantonese, simp.]tiu4 pin3 ngo5 lup1 zo2 gei2 baak3 ci3 [Jyutping]I've repeatedly watched the video a few hundreds times (Hong Kong Cantonese, by extension) to occur repeatedly === Noun === loop (Hong Kong Cantonese) loop; cycle (Classifier: 個／个 c) 無限loop／无限loop [Cantonese] ― mou4 haan6 lup1 [Jyutping] ― infinite never-ending loop == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /loːp/ Hyphenation: loop Rhymes: -oːp === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch lôop, from Old Dutch *lōp, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaup, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupą. Equivalent to a deverbal from lopen (“to walk”). ==== Noun ==== loop m (plural lopen, diminutive loopje n) course, duration a river course course of a projectile barrel (of a firearm) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: loop → Indonesian: lop → Lokono: loporo → Papiamentu: lop === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== loop inflection of lopen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === Pool, pool == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English loop. === Pronunciation === === Noun === loop m (plural loops) (computing) loop (repeating sequence of instructions) Synonyms: ciclo, laço loop (aircraft manoeuvre) Synonym: looping ==== Derived terms ==== in loop === Further reading === “loop”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “loop”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026