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looping

verb

Meaning

  1. To form something into a loop.
  2. To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
  3. To fly an aircraft in a loop.
  4. To move something in a loop.
  5. To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
  6. To duplicate the route of a pipeline.
  7. Something that loops; a looped pattern or action.
  8. The running together of ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

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Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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