Definition of loop:

• 1. In General, this is a repeatable set steps that lead back to the first step. : 2. In Electrical/Electronics, this is a complete circuit. An example is a wire-pair connecting the telephone exchange with a subscriber's telephone system. 3. In Project management, this is a symbols set indicating mutually dependent, multiple activities. : 4. In Programming, this is the repetitious execution of a program function until a coded condition is met.
• The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.
• To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
• a knotted " eye" of cord, corresponding to the " taches" or knobs in the edges of the curtains of the tabernacle, for joining them into a continuous circuit, fifty to a curtain ( Exodus 26:4 Exodus 26:5 Exodus 26:10 Exodus 26:11 ).
• To fasten by a loop; form into or make loops.
• To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; - often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
• To form into, furnish with, or secure with, loops.
• To fasten or ornament with loops.
• To attach loops to; make a loop in.
• To make a loop.
• fly loops, perform a loop, as of an airplane
• To make into or fasten with a loop.
• To form with loops; to fasten the loops of.
• a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
• ( computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated; " the solution took hundreds of iterations"
• an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
• the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
• an inner circle of advisors ( especially under President Reagan); " he's no longer in the loop"
• anything with a round or oval shape ( formed by a line or cord etc.) that is closed or nearly closed
• the topology of a network whose components are connected in a loop
• anything with a round or oval shape ( formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
• fasten or join with a loop; " He looped the watch through his belt"
• make a loop in; " loop a rope"
• fly loops, perform a loop; " the stunt pilot looped his plane"
• move in loops; " The bicycle looped around the tree"
• A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
• A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.
• A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
• A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
• A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.
• The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; - called also ventral segment.
• A folding or doubling of string, rope, etc.; a ring or eye through which a cord may be run; a noose; a ringshaped figure, road, etc.
• 1. A curve or complete bend in a cord or other cylindrical body, forming an oval or circular ring. 2. A more or less sharp and more or less complete bend or curve in a nerve or blood- vessel or urinary tubule. 3. A platinum wire, set in a glass handle, its extremity bent into a small circle; used for transferring part of a bacterial colony to a fresh culture medium.
• A doubling of a cord through which another may pass: an ornamental doubling in fringes.
• Doubling of a cord.
• A doubling, as of a string, to form an eye; noose; curve.
• A doubling of a string or cord; a noose through which a cord may be run for fastening; anything similar.
• A loophole.
• Part of a block of cast iron melted off for the forge or hammer.
• A folding or doubling of one part of a string or cord through which another part may be run for fastening; an ornamental doubling in fringes; a noose.

Usage examples for loop

1. Until the Apaches gained possession of the second out- building, few shots had been exchanged, and the besieged closely watched their movements through the loop- holes.  Captured by the Navajos by Charles A. Curtis

2. No longer ago than last evening I was saying to some of the fellow- members up at the Pastime Colored Pleasure and Recreation Club, on One- Hundred and Thirty- fifth street, that it's a born wonder they didn't throw a loop over me and cart me off to the idiotic asylum for safety keeping till the newness had done wore off.  J. Poindexter, Colored by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb

3. Giving him a firm look, Mandi said, " He's not in the loop."  An Encounter in Atlanta by Ed Howdershelt

4. This is better than to draw the needle through, and then take up a loop.  The American Woman's Home by Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe