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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | A method of control in which feedback is used to link a controlled process back to the original command signal. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A loop that has no exit and whose execution can be interrupted only by intervention from outside the computer program in which the loop is included. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A loop having no exit condition. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Electrical Engineering | A system in which a fluid other than the water ultimately drawn from the hot taps passes through the collector. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | A loop in which the same thread crosses over itself at the base of the loop. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | A group of circuits including at least one forward path and one feedback path and which makes up a closed loop in a block diagram. Source: European Union. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | Cycle of operation of a heat engine in which the same power fluid is used repearedly. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| CL | English | Closed Loop | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: CLOSED LOOP |
| English words defined with "CLOSED LOOP": box end wrench, box wrench ♦ closed chain ♦ ring. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CLOSED LOOP": automatically regulated ♦ distant control ♦ Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, open loop ♦ telecontrol, teleregulation. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Closed Loop Breathing System. Credit: NASA. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
closed loop | 19 |
closed loop system | 7 |
closed loop tracker | 4 |
closed loop control system | 3 |
closed loop relationship | 2 |
closed loop recycling | 2 |
closed loop marketing | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CLOSED LOOP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | reguleringskreds (feedback loop), lukket sloejfe, lukket sløjfe styring, lukket maske, lukket loekke, lukket kredsloeb (circuit system, closed circuit, closed cycle), indirekte system (indirect system). (various references) | |
Dutch | regelkring (feedback loop), kringloop (cycle), indirect systeem (indirect system), gesloten steek, gesloten programmalus, gesloten lus (endless loop). (various references) | |
Finnish | suljettu silmukka, suljettu säätöpiiri (feedback loop), suljettu säätö, kierretty silmukka, jatkuva silmukka, epäsuora järjestelmä (indirect system). (various references) | |
French | cycle fermé (closed circuit, closed cycle), circuit fermé (closed circuit, closed cycle), système chauffage par l'intermédiaire d'un échangeur de chaleur, maille fermée, boucle sans fin, boucle infinie, boucle fermée (closed circuit, closed cycle), boucle de régulation. (various references) | |
German | Kreislauf (circuit, circuitry, circulation, cycle), geschlossener Regelkreis mit Rueckfuehrung (feedback loop), geschlossener Kreislauf (circuit system, closed circuit, closed cycle, indirect system), geschlossene Schleife (circuit system, closed circuit, closed cycle, endless loop), geschlossene Masche, Endlosschleife (endless loop). (various references) | |
Greek | Κλειστός βρόχος, κλειστός βρόχος, κλειστό κύκλωμα (closed circuit), κλειστή θηλειά, κλειστó σ?στημα (indirect system), ρυθμιστικός δακτύλιος (feedback loop), σ?στημα έμμεσης θέρμανσης (indirect system), βρόγχος ανατροφοδότησης (feedback loop). (various references) | |
Italian | ciclo completo (circuit system, closed circuit, closed cycle), ciclo chiuso (circuit system, closed circuit, closed cycle), sistema indiretto (indirect system), sistema a riscaldamento indiretto (indirect system), maglia chiusa, anello di regolazione (feedback loop), anello chiuso. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | osedclay ooplay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | circuito fechado (closed circuit, made circuit), ciclo fechado (circuit system, closed circuit, closed cycle, thermodynamic cycle), sistema indirecto (indirect system), sistema fechado (circuit system, closed circuit, closed cycle), laçada fechada, anel de regulação (feedback loop). (various references) | |
Spanish | ciclo cerrado (circuit system, closed circuit, closed cycle), sistema indirecto (indirect system), sistema de calefacción indirecta con cambiador de calor (indirect system), malla cerrada, bucle cerrado. (various references) | |
Swedish | solfångare med slutet kretslopp och indirekt värmeutvinning (indirect system), sluten slinga, sluten maska, sluten krets med återföring (feedback loop), återkopplad styrning. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-l-l-o-o-o-p-s" | |
-1 letter: clodpoles, scolloped. | |
-2 letters: clodpole. | |
-3 letters: collops, dollops, poodles, scollop, scooped, spooled. | |
-4 letters: cellos, closed, collop, cooled, cooped, dollop, locoed, locoes, looped, loosed, oodles, podsol, polled, poodle, pooled, scoped, sloped, soloed. | |
-5 letters: cello, cells, clods, clops, close, codes, coeds, colds, coled, coles, cooed, cools, coops, coped, copes, copse, decos, dells, dolce, doles, dolls, dopes, locos, lodes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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