looped

Looped is the past participle and past tense form of loop. As an adjective, looped describes something shaped into a loop or composed of loops; for example, a looped rope or a looped segment of wire forms an interconnected circle. In a figurative sense, looped can describe repetition, as in a looped sequence of events, or a looped path in a game or process.

In music and media, a looped section is a short passage that repeats continuously, a technique used in composition, sampling, and live performance. In video and animation, looped playback keeps a scene playing in a continuous cycle. In computing, something is said to be looped when its instructions repeat, as in a for loop or a while loop; looping is a fundamental control structure in many programming languages.

In science and mathematics, looped can describe structures formed into loops. In molecular biology, looped DNA or chromatin loops describe regions where DNA folds into circular or bent configurations, influencing gene regulation. In topology, a loop is a path that starts and ends at the same point, and a looped object may be described as containing a closed path.

Origin and usage: derived from the verb loop, with the suffix -ed indicating past or completed action; the term is widely used across disciplines to denote repetition or circularity.