Bowline vs. Loop

Bowlinenoun

(nautical) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails.

Loopnoun

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

Bowlinenoun

(nautical) A knot tied so as to produce an eye or loop in the end of a rope that will not slip or jam.

Loopnoun

The opening so formed.

Bowlinenoun

A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled.

Loopnoun

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

‘Arches, loops, and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.’;

Bowlinenoun

a loop knot that neither slips not jams

Loopnoun

A ring road or beltway.

Bowline

The bowline ( or ) is an ancient and simple knot used to form a fixed loop at the end of a rope. It has the virtues of being both easy to tie and untie; most notably, it is easy to untie after being subjected to a load.

Loopnoun

An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.

Loopnoun

A complete circuit for an electric current.

Loopnoun

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

Loopnoun

(graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.

Loopnoun

(topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.

Loopnoun

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

Loopnoun

(algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.

Loopnoun

A loop-shaped intrauterine device.

Loopnoun

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

Loopnoun

A small, narrow opening; a loophole.

Loopnoun

alternative form of loup|nodot=yes(mass of iron).

Loopnoun

(biochemistry) A flexible region in a protein's secondary structure.

Loopverb

(transitive) To form something into a loop.

Loopverb

(transitive) To fasten or encircle something with a loop.

Loopverb

(transitive) To fly an aircraft in a loop.

Loopverb

(transitive) To move something in a loop.

Loopverb

(transitive) To join electrical components to complete a circuit.

Loopverb

(transitive) To duplicate the route of a pipeline.

Loopverb

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

Loopverb

(intransitive) To form a loop.

Loopverb

(intransitive) To move in a loop.

‘The program loops until the user presses a key.’;

Loopnoun

A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

Loopnoun

A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.

‘That the probation bear no hinge, nor loopTo hang a doubt on.’;

Loopnoun

A small, narrow opening; a loophole.

‘And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whenceThe eye of Reason may pry in upon us.’;

Loopnoun

A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.

Loopnoun

A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.

Loopnoun

The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; - called also ventral segment.

Loopverb

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.

Loopnoun

fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines

Loopnoun

anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)

Loopnoun

(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated;

‘the solution took hundreds of iterations’;

Loopnoun

an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan);

‘he's no longer in the loop’;

Loopnoun

the basic pattern of the human fingerprint

Loopnoun

a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied

Loopnoun

the topology of a network whose components are connected in a loop

Loopnoun

an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop

Loopnoun

a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates

Loopnoun

a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane

Loopverb

move in loops;

‘The bicycle looped around the tree’;

Loopverb

make a loop in;

‘loop a rope’;

Loopverb

fly loops, perform a loop;

‘the stunt pilot looped his plane’;

Loopverb

wind around something in coils or loops

Loopverb

fasten or join with a loop;

‘He looped the watch through his belt’;