closed-loop system
- noun
- /kloʊzd luːp ˈsɪstəm/
- Specialized
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sistema de economía circular
- The company implemented a closed-loop system to recycle materials and reduce waste in their production process.
Meanwhile, researchers are implementing ways to use helium more sustainably, such as using closed loop systems.
- Meanwhile, researchers are implementing ways to use helium more sustainably, such as using closed loop systems.
Examples
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A closed-loop system ensures that every material used in manufacturing is returned and repurposed efficiently.
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In our environmental course, we learned about the benefits of a closed-loop system where products are reused instead of discarded.
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Right now, they're favoring permissioned closed loop systems rather than permissionless openly systems.
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This arrangement leads to a closed-loop system in which the electronic-drive circuits receive feedback about the actuator's output, including displacement and force.
Academic text (1994) -
Because faith opens up history to the future, making history possible through the combined invocation of the "principle of hope" and of "eschatological reserve," theology will make sure not to present itself as a closed totality or as a closed-loop system.
Academic text (2004)
How Circular
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Surface Forms
Morphology
closed-loop + system
The compound 'closed-loop' is compositionally built from 'closed' (not open) and 'loop' (a circuit or cycle), so a learner who knows those words plus 'system' can infer a system in which outputs loop back as inputs — i.e. resources circulate rather than flow out. However, the specific technical details (recovering, cleaning, reintegrating materials) and domain-specific usage may not be fully predictable for a B1 learner without prior exposure, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The term closed-loop system comes from the picture of a closed circle or loop where materials move around and return to be used again. So, it means a system that 'recycles' or 'reuses' products so they keep moving instead of becoming waste.
