| looping | <chemistry> The running together of the matter of an ore into a mass, when the ore is only heated for calcination. Origin: Cf. D. Loopen to run. Cf. Loop a mass of iron, Leap. Of Loop. <zoology> Looping snail, any species of land snail of the genus Truncatella; so called because it creeps like the measuring worms. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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