looping

Plural: loopings

Noun

• (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained
• Something that loops; a looped pattern or action.
• The practice of having a teacher remain with the same group of students for more than one school year.
• The running together of ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.

Verb

• move in loops
• make a loop in
• fly loops, perform a loop
• wind around something in coils or loops
• fasten or join with a loop
• present participle and gerund of loop

Synonyms

coil, curl, intertwine, iteration, loop

Antonyms

uncoil