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Looping   /lˈupɪŋ/   Listen
Looping

noun
1.
(computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained.  Synonym: iteration.


Loop

verb
(past & past part. looped; pres. part. looping)
1.
Move in loops.
2.
Make a loop in.  Synonym: intertwine.
3.
Fly loops, perform a loop.
4.
Wind around something in coils or loops.  Synonyms: coil, curl.
5.
Fasten or join with a loop.



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... no one would have understood. Arnold handled the tape as it came looping out. The words fell slowly at first, then faster and faster in constant repeat: CANCEL LAST EQUATE—SOLUTION ...
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... quickly in that direction. There they saw a strange sight. The professor, with his feet hooked into a deck ring, was holding with both hands to the end of his lasso, while the albatross, which he had at last succeeded in looping, was flapping with ...
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