looping

In metallurgy, the running together or fusing of ore when heated for calcination.

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

of loop.

any species of land snail of the genus Truncatella; — so called because it creeps like the measuring worms.

Present participle of loop.

(computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained