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multiloop en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English loop English multiloop From multi- + loop.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having or employing multiple loops.

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multiloop en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English loop English multiloop From multi- + loop.

Meanings

1. A loop with three or more closing pairs.
   • If multiloops are to be treated as interior loops, then the use of a linear rule as an approximation will penalize larger multiloops more than the logarithmically increasing interior loop energies would. 1989, Michael S. Waterman, Mathematical methods for DNA sequences:
2. A disconnected Wilson loop.
   • Also, it is not clear if the scattering of multiloops in this formalism is truly finite. 2021, Michio Kaku, The God Equation:

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multiloops	Number=Plur		lexicographic