loop : Idioms & Phrases


closed loop

  • noun a control system with a feedback loop that is active
    closed loop.
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closed-loop system

  • noun a control system with a feedback loop that is active
    closed loop.
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drip loop

  • noun a downward hanging loop in a line that runs to a building
    • when it rained water would fall from the drip loop before it reached the building
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feedback loop

  • noun a circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a system
    feedback circuit.
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ground loop

  • noun a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground
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inside loop

  • noun a loop consisting of a climb followed by inverted flight followed by a dive that returns to horizontal flight
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loop gain

  • noun (telecommunication) the gain of a feedback amplifier or system as a function of how much output is fed back to the input
    • if the loop gain is too great the system may go into oscillation
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Loop knot

  • noun any of various knots used to make a fixed loop in a rope
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  • a single knot tied in a doubled cord, etc. so as to leave a loop beyond the knot. See Illust. of Knot.
Webster 1913

loop topology

  • noun the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
    loop.
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loop-line

  • noun a railway branch line that branches from the trunk line and then rejoins it later on
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loop-the-loop

  • noun a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
    loop.
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looping ill

  • noun an acute viral disease of the nervous system in sheep; can be transmitted by Ixodes ricinus
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outside loop

  • noun a loop consisting of a dive followed by inverted flight followed by a climb that returns to horizontal flight
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