loop

See also: Loop

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp

Homophone: loupe

Etymology 1

From Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlaup (“a run", literally, "a leap”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”). More at leap.

Noun

loop (plural loops)

1. A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
2. The opening so formed.
3. A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.

   Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.

4. A ring road or beltway.
5. An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
6. A complete circuit for an electric current.
7. (programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
8. (graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
9. (topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.
10. (transport) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.
11. (algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.
12. A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
13. An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
14. A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
    • Shakespeare

      And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence / The eye of Reason may pry in upon us.

15. Alternative form of loup (mass of iron).
16. (biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.

Hypernyms

• control structure

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of loop (noun)

• crossing loop
• endless loop
• event loop
• feedback loop
• for loop
• hanging loop
• infinite loop
• main loop
• message loop
• passing loop
• read-eval-print loop
• reconciliation loop
• run loop
• span loop
• tight loop
• while loop

 

Derived terms

• loophole

Related terms

Terms related to loop (noun)

• in the loop
• knock for a loop
• loop antenna
• loop the loop
• out of the loop

 

Translations

length of thread, line or rope

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: пятля́ f (pjatljá)
• Czech: smyčka (cs) f
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} lus (nl) c
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: silmus
• Finnish: silmukka (fi)
• French: boucle (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schlaufe (de) f
• Greek: θηλιά (el) f (thiliá), βρόχος (el) m (vróchos)
• Hungarian: hurok (hu)
• Irish: dol

• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: cilpa f
• Maori: paeke, koru, koropewa
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: pętla (pl) f
• Portuguese: laço (pt) m
• Russian: пе́тля́ (ru) f (pétljá)
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb f
• Spanish: lazo (es) m, lazada (es) f, gaza (es) f (nautical), recodo (es) m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: петля́ f (petljá)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself

• Belarusian: пятля́ f (pjatljá)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 循環 (zh), 循环 (zh) (xúnhuán), 環 (zh), 环 (zh) (huán)

• Estonian: aas (et)
• Finnish: silmukka (fi)
• French: boucle (fr) f
• Georgian: მარყუჟი (marq̇uži)
• German: Schlaufe (de) f, Schleife (de) f
• Greek: θηλιά (el) f (thiliá), βρόχος (el) m (vróchos)
• Hungarian: hurok (hu)
• Italian: passante (it) m
• Japanese: 輪 (ja) (わ, wa), ループ (ja) (rūpu)
• Latvian: cilpa f

• Maori: koropewa, koropiko, paeke
• Polish: pętla (pl) f
• Portuguese: laço (pt) m
• Russian: пе́тля́ (ru) f (pétljá)
• Scottish Gaelic: lùb f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: петља f

  Roman: petlja (sh) f

• Spanish: lazo (es) m, recodo (es) m, vuelta (es) f, círculo (es) m
• Swedish: ögla (sv) c
• Turkish: döngü (tr)
• Ukrainian: петля́ f (petljá)

ring road — see ring road

endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition

• Finnish: silmukka (fi)
• German: Endlosschleife (de) f
• Italian: riccio (it) m

• Portuguese: fita (pt) f
• Russian: пе́тля́ (ru) f (pétljá)
• Spanish: rizo (es) m, círculo (es) m, bucle infinito m, cinta infinita f

complete circuit for an electric current

• Finnish: silmukka (fi)
• French: circuit fermé m
• Georgian: წრედი (c̣redi)
• German: Stromkreis (de) m, geschlossener Stromkreis m
• Greek: πλήρες ηλεκτρικό κύκλωμα n (plíres ilektrikó kýkloma)
• Italian: anello (it) m

• Portuguese: circuito (pt) m
• Russian: цепь (ru) f (cepʹ), схе́ма (ru) f (sxéma)
• Spanish: circuito cerrado m
• Swedish: sluten krets c, krets (sv) c
• Tagalog: likaw (tl)

programmed sequence of instructions

• Catalan: bucle (ca) m, cicle (ca) m
• Czech: cyklus m
• Dutch: lus (nl) c, herhaling (nl) f, repetitie (nl) f
• Finnish: silmukka (fi)
• French: boucle (fr) f
• Galician: bucle m
• Georgian: ციკლი (ciḳli)
• German: Schleife (de) f

• Greek: βρόχος (el) m (vróchos)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} blocco iterativo, ^{(please verify)} richiesta di iterazione (it) , ^{(please verify)} ciclo (it) m
• Macedonian: циклус m (ciklus)
• Polish: pętla (pl) f
• Portuguese: ciclo (pt) m, laço (pt) m, loop (pt) m
• Russian: цикл (ru) m (cikl)
• Spanish: ciclo (es) m, bucle (es) m
• Turkish: döngü (tr)

edge that begins and ends on the same vertex of a graph

• Finnish: silmukka (fi)
• French: boucle (fr) f

• German: Schlaufe (de) f
• Spanish: lazo (es) m

topology: path that starts and ends at the same point

• Finnish: silmukka (fi)

• Spanish: lazo (es) m

transportation route that starts and ends at the same point

• Finnish: ympyräreitti
• French: boucle (fr) f

• German: Rundweg m, Ring (de) m, Ringstraße (de) f, Gürtel (de) m
• Spanish: vuelta (es) f, anillo vial m, anillo (es) m, ronda (es) f, ronda (es) f, circunvalación f

quasigroup with an identity element

• Finnish: luuppi (fi)
• German: Loop (de) m

• Spanish: bucle (es) m

loop-shaped intrauterine device

• Finnish: kierukka (fi)
• Greek: ενδοκολπικό διάφραγμα n (endokolpikó diáfragma)

• Italian: spirale (it) f
• Russian: (внутрима́точная противозача́точная) спира́ль (ru) f (spirálʹ)

aircraft maneuver

• Estonian: surmasõlm
• Finnish: silmukka (fi)
• French: boucle (fr) f
• Georgian: მარყუჟი (marq̇uži)
• German: Looping (de) m

• Italian: cerchio della morte, giro della morte
• Portuguese: looping (pt) m, loop (pt) m
• Russian: мёртвая пе́тля́ (ru) f (mjórtvaja pétljá)
• Spanish: looping m, rizo (es) m
• Swedish: looping (sv) c

flexible region in a protein's secondary structure

• Finnish: silmukka (fi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Georgian: მარყუჟი (marq̇uži)
• Icelandic: snara f
• Italian: cappio (it) m, laccio (it) m

• Portuguese: circuito (pt) m
• Russian: пе́тля́ (ru) f (pétljá)

Etymology 2

From the noun.

Verb

loop (third-person singular simple present loops, present participle looping, simple past and past participle looped)

1. (transitive) To form something into a loop.
2. (transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
3. (transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.
4. (transitive) To move something in a loop.
5. (transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
6. (transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
7. (transitive) To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up.
8. (intransitive) To form a loop.
9. (intransitive) To move in a loop.

   The program loops until the user presses a key.

   • 2011 February 4, Gareth Roberts, “Wales 19-26 England”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     The outstanding Tom Palmer won a line-out and then charged into the heart of the Welsh defence, scrum-half Ben Youngs moved the ball swiftly right and Cueto's looping pass saw Ashton benefit from a huge overlap to again run in untouched.

Derived terms

Terms derived from loop (verb)

• loop in

• loop the loop

Translations

transitive: to form into a loop

• Finnish: muodostaa silmukka

• Maori: niko, whakakōpeti

to fasten or encircle with a rope

• Finnish: köyttää (fi)

• Maori: takaore, niko, pōkuru

to fly an aircraft in a loop

transitive: to move in a loop

• Maori: niko

to complete a circuit

to duplicate the route of a pipeline

to create an endless loop in a computer program

• Finnish: jumittaa (fi)

• Polish: zapętlać impf, zapętlić pf

to create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop

• Finnish: jumittaa (fi)

intransitive: to form a loop

• Finnish: muodostua silmukaksi

• Ido: kurveskar (io)

intransitive: to move in a loop

References

• loop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• Appendix:Parts of the knot

Anagrams

• OOPL, Polo, polo, pool

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʊəp/

Noun

loop (plural lope, diminutive lopie)

1. walking, gait
2. (of events) course
3. (of guns) barrel
4. (informal) business end (of a rifle, etc.)
5. (music, usually in diminutive) run: a rapid passage in music, especially along a scale

Verb

loop (present loop, present participle lopende, past participle geloop)

1. to walk

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -oːp
• IPA^(key): /loːp/

Noun

loop m (plural lopen, diminutive loopje n)

1. course, duration
2. a river course
3. course of a projectile
4. barrel (of a firearm)

Derived terms

• loopbaan
• afloop
• kanonsloop
• kringloop
• levensloop
• verloop

Related terms

• lopen

Verb

loop

1. first-person singular present indicative of lopen
2. imperative of lopen

Anagrams

• Pool, pool

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Portuguese

Noun

loop m (plural loops)

1. (computing) loop (repeating sequence of instructions)
2. loop (aircraft manoeuvre)

Synonyms

• (programmed sequence of instructions): ciclo, laço
• (aircraft manoeuvre): looping

Derived terms

• in loop