looping
the process of fitting speech to film already shot, especially by making a closed loop of the film for one scene and projecting it repeatedly until a good synchronization of film and recorded speech is achieved.
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How to use looping in a sentence
A rocket is used to blast the payload, be it a nuclear weapon or a passenger spaceship, on a big looping trajectory into space before re-entering the atmosphere on the other side of the planet.
Japan Wants to Build Intercontinental Passenger Spaceships by the Early 2040s | Edd Gent | May 30, 2021 | Singularity HubGravitons react to themselves, generating looping, Escher-like equations.
These include a tower made of intricately looping tentacles, shown at Gallery B in February, and “David’s Hand,” in which similarly curving strands cohere into fingers and a thumb.
In the galleries: Face to face with a world both beautiful and horrific | Mark Jenkins | April 16, 2021 | Washington PostIn his first matchup with Soto on Wednesday, Wainwright pounded him inside — throwing two cutters and a change-up — before evening the count to 2-2 with a looping curve.
Juan Soto keeps hitting, Joe Ross keeps dealing and the Nats win their first series | Jesse Dougherty | April 14, 2021 | Washington PostAs you move to hypergraphs with more and more vertices, the ways of arranging their looping edges multiply as well.
Mathematicians Settle Erdős Coloring Conjecture | Kelsey Houston-Edwards | April 5, 2021 | Quanta Magazine
They were looping back around and coming down Tiebout Avenue when they spotted two figures.
And usually when you're looping a movie, if it takes two days, that's a lot.
Jim Carrey’s Rant Against ‘Kick-Ass 2’ and 13 Other Stars Who Hate Their Own Films | Marlow Stern | June 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe little, looping movie shows five young women cycling through a park in Berlin, and filming each other as they do so.
So here I sit, an old Beach Boys song looping through my head.
Fleeing the Dangling ‘Boom of Doom’ Skyscraper Crane atop One57th | Michael Gross | November 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut when we reach the mountain, we see only a denuded plateau of looping ring roads and gray rubble.
Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco Chronicle Mining Catastrophes in West Virginia | Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco | June 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThereupon Mr. Selden recalled that meeting, and others, and his voice trailed like a snake in the dust, looping cryptic patterns.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellNext they go to another department where, with the aid of a special looping machine, the heels and toes are stitched together.
Textiles | William H. DooleyHer hair, too, was simpler than usual, almost carrying out the childish idea with its soft looping away from the face.
The Witness | Grace Livingston Hill LutzThe Lakeville captain seemed to catch the ball exactly in position for looping it toward the basket.
The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High | Leslie W. QuirkShe bent her head and commenced her work again, looping up the worsted with desperate haste.
The Gold Brick | Ann S. Stephens
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