continuous loop

collocation in English

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continuous
adjective
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/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/us
/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs/
without a pause ...
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loop
noun[C]
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/luːp/us
/luːp/
the curved shape made when something long and thin, such as a piece of string, bends until one part of it nearly touches or crosses another part ...
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(Definition ofcontinuousandloopfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Continuouslooprecorders are more useful in this particular group.
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Sometime in the 18th or 19th century, the scam was resurrected with a new method one which used acontinuousloopof string.
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Instead of being acontinuousloop, these tracks have checkpoints at either end of the course, and the starting grid in the center.
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The magnetic field lines pass in acontinuousloopor magnetic circuit from the stator through the rotor and back through the stator again.
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A minilab is typically a "continuousloop" processor, where the film follows a serpentine path over many rollers.
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The image on the monitor is then captured by the video camera again, and fed back to the monitor in acontinuousloop.
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A simple overhead conveyor system can be designed to move wood products through several wood finishing processes in acontinuousloop.
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In 1980 the track was extended to form a mile-longcontinuousloop.
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The new two-story expansion provided easy circulation by forming acontinuousloopthrough the entire complex.
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They all follow a tune and are on acontinuousloop.
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Other units used a single reel, with the tape spliced into acontinuousloop, much as in an 8-track cartridge.
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In canonical quantum gravity the difficulties in using thecontinuouslooprepresentation are cured by the spatial diffeomorphism invariance of general relativity.
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Modern escalators have single-piece aluminum or stainless steel steps that move on a system of tracks in acontinuousloop.
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The waste product would be water that can be fed back into the system to create acontinuouslooppowered by solar energy.
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Sweatbands are often made of acontinuousloopof terrycloth, as it is a particularly absorbent fabric.
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Unfortunately, they discover a device that makes them forget the last several seconds and the two of them get stuck in acontinuousloop.
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This is acontinuousloop, where feedback is the main component.
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Modern strings are often made as a singlecontinuousloop: this is then served to give the final form.
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Common drive systems include: cable winding drum orcontinuouslooptraction drive.
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The spinnaker and its halyard thus form acontinuousloop, passing through the chute.
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