decade vs loop

decade

noun
  • A set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected so as to provide even increments between one and ten times a base electrical resistance. 

  • Any of the sets of ten sequential braille characters with predictable patterns. 

  • A group, set, or series of ten 

  • A period of ten days, (history) particularly those in the ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and French Revolutionary calendars. 

  • A series of prayers counted on a rosary, typically consisting of an Our Father, followed by ten Hail Marys, and concluding with a Glory Be and sometimes the Fatima Prayer. 

  • A period of ten years , particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9. 

  • The interval between any two quantities having a ratio of 10 to 1. 

  • A set of ten electronic devices used to represent digits. 

loop

noun
  • A complete circuit for an electric current. 

  • A quasigroup with an identity element. 

  • A ring road or beltway. 

  • The opening so formed. 

  • A loop-shaped intrauterine device. 

  • A small, narrow opening; a loophole. 

  • A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure. 

  • A place at a terminus where trains or trams can turn round and go back the other way without having to reverse; a balloon loop, turning loop, or reversing loop. 

  • An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane. 

  • An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition. 

  • A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. 

  • An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex. 

  • A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. 

  • A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied. 

  • A path that starts and ends at the same point. 

  • A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point. 

verb
  • To move in a loop. 

  • To move something in a loop. 

  • To place in a loop. 

  • To join electrical components to complete a circuit. 

  • To fly an aircraft in a loop. 

  • To duplicate the route of a pipeline. 

  • To form something into a loop. 

  • To create an error in a computer program so that it runs in an endless loop and the computer freezes up. 

  • To fasten or encircle something with a loop. 

  • To form a loop. 

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