loop
part of speech
noun (a loop, loops); verb (loop, loops, looped, looping)
meaning for a pupil
1) A loop is a shape like a circle made by a line, string or path that bends round and crosses or joins itself. tree →
2) To loop means to make a loop or move in a loop. tree →
3) In computing, a loop is a set of instructions that repeats. tree →
4) «In the loop» means knowing what is going on. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The loops are the blue loops on the edges of the curtains of the Tabernacle. Clasps joined them, making the tent one piece. Interpretation: Tradition reads the joining of many curtains into one Tabernacle as a sign of unity, and it holds that the Tabernacle is a model for the whole world. In the primary lessons: In computing lessons (Scratch, coding), a loop repeats instructions, like «repeat 4 times: move 10, turn 90» to draw a square; a «forever» loop never stops. In science, an electric circuit must be a complete loop for the bulb to light. In everyday life you make loops to tie shoelaces; roller coasters do loops. Phrases: «in a loop», «loop the loop», «keep someone in the loop», «out of the loop», «on a loop».
examples
- And thou shalt make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. (Torah EXO.26.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite one to another. (Torah EXO.36.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite one to another. (Torah EXO.26.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Make a loop with the lace and wrap the other end around it. tree →
- The roller coaster did a loop-the-loop. tree →
- Use a loop to repeat the code ten times. tree →
- The circuit must be a complete loop. tree →
- The song played on a loop all day. tree →
- The path makes a loop around the lake. tree →
- Keep me in the loop about the party plans. tree →
- The plane looped through the sky. tree →
- The three sisters then tied the heroes with every kind of loop and twist and knot that could be thought of. tree →
note
Countable: loops. In coding, a loop with no way to stop is an «infinite loop» and may freeze a program. In maths, «repeat 4 times» in a loop means the same steps happen 4 times, so multiply: 4 × 90° = 360° for a full turn.
In the corpora
- Scooby-Doo shakes with fear, Garfield wolfs a tray of lasagne, Sonic zooms round loops faster than sound.
- Cords and strings longer than a short loop can strangle a baby or toddler.
- Along that loop ran one of the worst crimes in history.
- Lower down the river slows and swings in big loops called meanders, like a snake.
- If it cuts across the neck of a loop, the old loop is left behind as an oxbow lake.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «loop» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.