loop : Idioms & Phrases

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

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

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

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

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

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• 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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• 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.

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

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

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

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

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