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Closure
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Closure has 7 senses
- closure(n = noun.act) closing - 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" is a kind of approach, approaching, coming
- closure(n = noun.communication) cloture, gag law, gag rule - a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body; Array is a kind of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order
- closure(n = noun.cognition) law of closure - 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; Array is a kind of gestalt law of organization, gestalt principle of organization
- closure(n = noun.cognition) resolution, settlement - something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they 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" is a kind of deciding, decision making
- closure(n = noun.artifact) block, blockage, occlusion, stop, stoppage - an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" has particulars: breech closer, breechblock, plug, stopper, stopple, vapor lock, vapour lock
- closure(n = noun.act) blockage, occlusion - the act of blocking; Array is a kind of obstruction
- closure(n = noun.act) closedown, closing, shutdown - termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" is a kind of conclusion, ending, termination
Derived form verb close12
has particulars: closure by compartment, guillotine
Derived form verb closure1
is a kind of impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor
has particulars: implosion
Derived forms verb close1, verb close15, verb close14
has particulars: plant closing, bank closing, layoff
Derived forms verb close9, verb close4, verb close3
Verb Closure has 1 sense
- closure(v = verb.change) cloture - terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion" is one way to end, terminate
Derived form noun closure2
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CIDE DICTIONARY
- The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink. [1913 Webster]
- That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed. [1913 Webster]"Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever." [1913 Webster]
- That which incloses or confines; an inclosure. [1913 Webster]"O thou bloody prison . . .
Within the guilty closure of thy walls
Richard the Second here was hacked to death." [1913 Webster] - A conclusion; an end. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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 clôture was originally applied to this proceeding. [1913 Webster]
- the property of being mathematically closed under some operation; -- said of sets. [PJC]
- the intersection of all closed sets containing the given set. [PJC]
- 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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Closure, n. & v.
--n.
1 the act or process of closing.
2 a closed condition.
3 something that closes or seals, e.g. a cap or tie.
4 a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote, esp. in Parliament.
--v.tr. apply the closure to (a motion, speakers, etc.).
--n.
1 the act or process of closing.
2 a closed condition.
3 something that closes or seals, e.g. a cap or tie.
4 a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote, esp. in Parliament.
--v.tr. apply the closure to (a motion, speakers, etc.).
Etymology
ME f. OF f. LL clausura f. claudere claus- CLOSE(2)
THESAURUS
Closure
accomplishment, ankle, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, articulation, blockage, blocking, boundary, butt, cease, cervix, cessation, check, clinch, clogging, close, closing, closing up, completion, conclusion, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, constriction, consummation, coupling, cramp, culmination, delay, desistance, detainment, detention, dovetail, elbow, embrace, end, ending, fixation, foot-dragging, fulfillment, gliding joint, hampering, hindering, hindrance, hinge, hinged joint, hip, holdback, holdup, impediment, inhibition, interface, interference, interruption, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knuckle, let, link, miter, mortise, neck, negativism, nuisance value, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, perfection, pivot, pivot joint, rabbet, realization, repression, resistance, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, scarf, seam, setback, shoulder, squeeze, stitch, stop, stranglehold, stricture, suppression, suture, symphysis, termination, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, topping-off, union, weld, wristROGET THESAURUS
Closure
Cessation
N cessation, discontinuance, desistance, desinence, intermission, remission, suspense, suspension, interruption, stop, stopping, closure, stoppage, halt, arrival, pause, rest, lull, respite, truce, drop, interregnum, abeyance, cloture, dead stop, dead stand, dead lock, finis, cerrado, blowout, burnout, meltdown, disintegration, comma, colon, semicolon, period, full stop, end, death, I pause for a reply.Closure
N closure, occlusion, blockade, shutting up, obstruction, embolus, contraction, infarction, constipation, obstipation, blind alley, blind corner, keddah, cul-de-sac, caecum, imperforation, imperviousness, impermeability, stopper, closed, shut, operculated, unopened, unpierced, imporous, caecal, closable, imperforate, impervious, impermeable, impenetrable, impassable, unpassable, invious, pathless, wayless, untrodden, untrod, unventilated, air tight, water tight, hermetically sealed, tight, snug.
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