Loop vs Aperture - What's the difference?
loop | aperture | Synonyms |
A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
The opening so formed.
A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
A ring road or beltway.
An endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
A complete circuit for an electric current.
(programming) A programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.
(graph theory) An edge that begins and ends on the same vertex.
(topology) A path that starts and ends at the same point.
(algebra) A quasigroup with an identity element.
A loop-shaped intrauterine device.
An aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft flies a circular path in a vertical plane.
A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
* Shakespeare
(mass of iron).
To form something into a loop.
To fasten or encircle something with a loop.
To fly an aircraft in a loop.
To move something in a loop.
To join electrical components to complete a circuit.
To form a loop.
To move in a loop.
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An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.
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(optics) Something which restricts the diameter of the light path through one plane in an optical system.
(astronomy, photography) The diameter of the aperture (in the sense above) which restricts the width of the light path through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens. e.g. a telescope may have a 100 cm aperture.
(spaceflight, communications) The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency energy containing the data used in communication satellites, especially in the geostationary belt. For a comsat, this is typically a large reflective dish antenna; sometimes called an array .
(mathematics, rare, of a right circular cone) The maximum angle between the two generatrices.
Loop is a synonym of aperture.
As nouns the difference between loop and aperture
is that loop is a length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening while aperture is an opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.As a verb loop
is to form something into a loop.loop
English
Noun
(en noun)- Arches, loops , and whorls are patterns found in fingerprints.
- And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence / The eye of Reason may pry in upon us.
Derived terms
* * * * * * * * * * * *Verb
(en verb)- The program loops until the user presses a key.
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Derived terms
* loop in * loop the loopSee also
*aperture
English
Noun
(en noun)- an aperture between the mountains
- the back aperture of the nostrils
- If the generatrix makes an angle ? to the axis, then the aperture is 2?.
