looping

Noun
Synonyms: iteration

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained“the solution is obtained by iteration”Synonyms: iteration
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Looping \Loop"ing\, n. [Cf. D. loopen to run. Cf. Loop a mass of iron, Leap.] (Metal.) The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination. [1913 Webster]
Loop \Loop\ (l[=oo]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Looped (l[=oo]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Looping.] To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain. [1913 Webster]
Looping \Loop"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of Loop. [1913 Webster]

Looping snail (Zool.), any species of land snail of the genus Truncatella; -- so called because it creeps like the measuring worms. [1913 Webster]

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