Looping
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
In
metallurgy
, the running together or fusing of ore when heated for calcination.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination.
of
loop
.
any species of land snail of the genus Truncatella; -- so called because it creeps like the measuring worms.
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verb.
Present participle of
loop
.
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noun.
(computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained
Word Usage
"Most of the hair is pinned up in looping curls with a few curls hanging down."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
physical process
process
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
drooping
grouping
recouping
regrouping
scooping
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
common-sized
fallopian
great-circle
hand-sized
hyperbolic
variant
loop
verb-stem
loop