loop loop-the-loop | a flight maneuver, aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane |
inside loop | a loop consisting of a climb followed by inverted flight followed by a dive that returns to horizontal flight |
outside loop | a loop consisting of a dive followed by inverted flight followed by a climb that returns to horizontal flight |
constitution establishment formation organization organisation | the act of forming or establishing something, the constitution of a PTA group last year, it was the establishment of his reputation, he still remembers the organization of the club |
re-formation regeneration | forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects), renewing and reconstituting |
formation shaping | the act of fabricating something in a particular shape |
formation | creation by mental activity, the formation of sentences, the formation of memories |
closed circuit loop | a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates |
closed loop closed-loop system | a control system with a feedback loop that is active |
cringle eyelet loop grommet grummet | fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines |
drip loop | 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 |
feedback circuit feedback loop | a circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a system |
formation | a particular spatial arrangement |
loop | an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop |
loop knot | any of various knots used to make a fixed loop in a rope |
loop-line | a railway branch line that branches from the trunk line and then rejoins it later on |
loop gain | (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 |
reticular formation RF | a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem, monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone |
loop topology loop | the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component |
back-formation | a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it |
calque calque formation loan translation | an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language, `superman' is a calque for the German `Ubermensch' |
loop | a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied |
loop | the basic pattern of the human fingerprint |
ground loop | a sharp uncontrollable turn made by an airplane while moving along the ground |
loop | an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan), he's no longer in the loop |
formation | an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit, a defensive formation, a formation of planes |
military formation | a formation of troops |
geological formation formation | (geology) the geological features of the earth |
heat of formation | the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements |
formation | natural process that causes something to form, the formation of gas in the intestine, the formation of crystals, the formation of pseudopods |
iteration loop | (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated, the solution took hundreds of iterations |
pair production pair creation pair formation | the transformation of a gammaay photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus |
reaction formation | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them, his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive |
loop | anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself) |
loop | fasten or join with a loop, He looped the watch through his belt |
coil loop curl | wind around something in coils or loops |
loop intertwine | make a loop in, loop a rope |
loop | fly loops, perform a loop, the stunt pilot looped his plane |
loop | move in loops, The bicycle looped around the tree |