Looping

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looping(n = noun.process) iteration - (computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained; "the solution is obtained by iteration"

is a kind of physical process, process

Looping, n. [Cf. D. loopen to run. Cf. Loop a mass of iron, Leap.].

The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination. [1913 Webster]

Looping, p. pr. & vb. n.

of Loop. [1913 Webster]

Looping snail (Zoöl.), any species of land snail of the genus Truncatella; -- so called because it creeps like the measuring worms.