Phrase Hound found 68 phrases and 27 compound words that contain loops. The most common are listed below. Open loops in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 68
- fruit loopsCrazy; deranged; fruity
- closed loopsplural of closed loop: A path whose initial point is equal to its terminal point.
- edge loopsplural of edge loop: A set of connected edges across a surface, with the last edge usually meeting the first edge to form a loop.
- feedback loopsplural of feedback loop: A self-reinforcing or self-weakening effect.
- ground loopsplural of ground loop: A (usually unwanted) current that flows between two points that are meant to be at the same potential, but are not.
- infinite loopsplural of infinite loop: A loop which continues indefinitely.
- strange loopsplural of strange loop: A situation where, by moving only upwards or downwards through a hierarchical system, one finds oneself back where one started. These loops often involve self-reference and paradox.
- tight loopsplural of tight loop: A loop which contains few instructions and iterates many times.
- time loopsplural of time loop: A hypothetical or fictional instance of characters living through a set period of time repeatedly until the loop can be broken.
- Wilson loopsplural of Wilson loop: A gauge-invariant observable obtained from the holonomy of the gauge connection around a given loop.
- endless loopsplural of endless loop: A loop which continues indefinitely.
- causal loopsplural of causal loop: A system or sequence of cause and effect relationships where variables influence one another in a circular, feedback pattern.
- phase-locked loopsplural of phase-locked loop: an electronic circuit used to lock an oscillator in phase with an arbitrary input signal
- loops of Henleplural of loop of Henle: A loop-like structure in the kidney's nephron that connects the proximal convoluted tubule to the distal convoluted tubule.
- adjustable loopsplural of adjustable loop: An end loop knot, which, as the name suggests, can have the loop size easily adjusted without untying.
- balloon loopsplural of balloon loop: A looped section of track that allows a rail vehicle or train to reverse direction without having to shunt or even stop.
- belt loopsplural of belt loop: A highway that loops around the perimeter of a major city.
- boot loopsplural of boot loop: A faulty condition in which the system repeatedly reboots itself.
- busy loopsplural of busy loop: A loop that actively consumes CPU cycles while waiting for an event.
- core loopsplural of core loop: A habitual chain of activities, for example in a video game, that yields a neurochemical reward such as the release of dopamine.
- crossing loopsplural of crossing loop: On a single-track railway or tramway, an extra track provided at a certain place to allow two trains travelling in opposite directions to pass each other. It can also allow a faster train to overtake a slower one.
- death loopsplural of death loop: A situation in which a player respawns and inevitably dies, only to respawn in the exact same situation, causing the game to loop indefinitely.
- doom loopsplural of doom loop: A death spiral or adverse feedback loop.
- event loopsplural of event loop: A programming construct that waits for and dispatches events or messages.
- hanging loopsplural of hanging loop: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hanging, loop.
Compound words 27
- KamloopsA city, the seat of the Regional District of Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River.
- fruitloopsAlternative form of fruit loops: Crazy; deranged; fruity
- loopspaceA function space of continuous functions that map from the unit interval to a space from x₀ to x₁, all of which map 0 to x₀ and 1 to x₁.
- nanoloopsplural of nanoloop: A nanoscale loop
- autoloopsplural of autoloop: An autoregulatory loop (in a gene regulatory network).
- beltloopsplural of beltloop: A highway that loops around the perimeter of a major city.
- bootloopsplural of bootloop: A faulty condition in which the system repeatedly reboots itself.
- cineloopsplural of cineloop: A sequence of digital images from an ultrasound or nuclear medicine examination
- cryoloopsplural of cryoloop: A loop of tubing filled with a circulating body of cryogenic fluid
- earloopsplural of earloop: A loop that fits around the ear to hold an earphone or similar device in place