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closure
[kloh-zher]
noun
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
a bringing to an end; conclusion.
something that closes or shuts.
an architectural screen or parapet, especially one standing free between columns or piers.
Phonetics.an occlusion of the vocal tract as an articulatory feature of a particular speech sound.
Parliamentary Procedure.a cloture.
Surveying.completion of a closed traverse in such a way that the point of origin and the endpoint coincide within an acceptably small margin of error.
Mathematics.
the property of being closed with respect to a particular operation.
the intersection of all closed sets that contain a given set.
Psychology.
the tendency to see an entire figure even though the picture of it is incomplete, based primarily on the viewer's past experience.
a sense of psychological certainty or completeness.
a need for closure.
Obsolete.something that encloses or shuts in; enclosure.
verb (used with or without object)
Parliamentary Procedure.to cloture.
closure
/ ˈəʊə /
noun
the act of closing or the state of being closed
an end or conclusion
something that closes or shuts, such as a cap or seal for a container
(in a deliberative body) a procedure by which debate may be halted and an immediate vote taken See also cloture guillotine gag rule
the resolution of a significant event or relationship in a person's life
a sense of contentment experienced after such a resolution
geology the vertical distance between the crest of an anticline and the lowest contour that surrounds it
phonetics the obstruction of the breath stream at some point along the vocal tract, such as the complete occlusion preliminary to the articulation of a stop
logic
the closed sentence formed from a given open sentence by prefixing universal or existential quantifiers to bind all its free variables
the process of forming such a closed sentence
maths
the smallest closed set containing a given set
the operation of forming such a set
psychol the tendency, first noted by Gestalt psychologists, to see an incomplete figure like a circle with a gap in it as more complete than it is
verb
(tr) (in a deliberative body) to end (debate) by closure
Other 51Թ Forms
- nonclosure noun
- preclosure noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of closure1
Example Sentences
Owners of the refinery, Petroineos, ceased crude oil processing in April, with a planned closure this summer resulting in the loss of 430 jobs.
Even if your scores do dip because of a closure, the impact is likely to be short-lived if you continue using credit responsibly.
City road closures and flight delays from nearby Reagan National Airport are expected throughout much of Saturday.
Federal antitrust laws prohibit so-called gun-jumping, when an acquiring company begins calling the shots before a deal’s official closure.
Up to 100 stores are at risk of closure.
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