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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: closure
closure
n 1: approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a
narrowing of a gap;
“the ship's rapid rate of closing
gave them little time to avoid a collision” [syn:
closing]
2: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
[syn:
cloture,
gag rule,
gag law]
3: a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an
innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete
and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric
stimuli as symmetric [syn:
law of closure]
4: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision
making;
“the finally reached a settlement with the union”;
“they never did achieve a final resolution of their
differences”;
“he needed to grieve before he could achieve
a sense of closure” [syn:
settlement,
resolution]
5: an obstruction in a pipe or tube;
“we had to call a plumber
to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe” [syn:
blockage,
block,
occlusion,
stop,
stoppage]
6: the act of blocking [syn:
blockage,
occlusion]
7: termination of operations;
“they regretted the closure of
the day care center” [syn:
closedown,
closing,
shutdown]
v : terminate debate by calling for a vote;
“debate was
closured”;
“cloture the discussion” [syn:
cloture]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Closure
Closure
\Clo"sure\ (kl[=o]"zh[-u]r; 135), n. [Of. closure, L.
clausura, fr. clauedere to shut. See
Close, v. t.]
1. The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a
chink.
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2. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts
are fastened or closed.
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Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever.
--Pope.
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3. That which incloses or confines; an inclosure.
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O thou bloody prison . . .
Within the guilty closure of thy walls
Richard the Second here was hacked to death. --Shak.
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4. A conclusion; an end. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. (Parliamentary Practice) A method of putting an end to
debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure
before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the
previous question. It was first introduced into the
British House of Commons in 1882. The French word
cl[^o]ture was originally applied to this proceeding.
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6. (Math.) the property of being mathematically closed under
some operation; -- said of sets.
[PJC]
7. (Math.) the intersection of all closed sets containing the
given set.
[PJC]
8. (Psychol.) achievement of a sense of completeness and
release from tension due to uncertainty; as, the closure
afforded by the funeral of a loved one; also, the sense of
completion thus achieved.
[PJC]
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