closure
Americannoun
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the act of closing; the state of being closed.
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a bringing to an end; conclusion.
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something that closes or shuts.
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an architectural screen or parapet, especially one standing free between columns or piers.
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Phonetics. an occlusion of the vocal tract as an articulatory feature of a particular speech sound.
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Parliamentary Procedure. a cloture.
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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.
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Mathematics.
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the property of being closed with respect to a particular operation.
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the intersection of all closed sets that contain a given set.
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Psychology.
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the tendency to see an entire figure even though the picture of it is incomplete, based primarily on the viewer's past experience.
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a sense of psychological certainty or completeness.
a need for closure.
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Obsolete. something that encloses or shuts in; enclosure.
verb (used with or without object)
noun
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the act of closing or the state of being closed
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an end or conclusion
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something that closes or shuts, such as a cap or seal for a container
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(in a deliberative body) a procedure by which debate may be halted and an immediate vote taken See also cloture guillotine gag rule
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the resolution of a significant event or relationship in a person's life
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a sense of contentment experienced after such a resolution
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geology the vertical distance between the crest of an anticline and the lowest contour that surrounds it
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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
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logic
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the closed sentence formed from a given open sentence by prefixing universal or existential quantifiers to bind all its free variables
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the process of forming such a closed sentence
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maths
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the smallest closed set containing a given set
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the operation of forming such a set
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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
Other Word Forms
- nonclosure noun
- preclosure noun
Etymology
Origin of closure
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin clausūra. See close, -ure
Example Sentences
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"We have to check the closure of airspace, whether we need to evacuate them to the third country first," he added.
From Barron's
According to OPIS’ Energy Markets team, 26% of the crude oil trade and 23% of liquefied natural gas goes through the strait, and a prolonged closure could cause oil prices to surge even higher.
From Barron's
Not only are they heavily exposed to energy, but their proximity to the conflict means they face airspace closures and disruption to everyday trade.
So far, there has not been any official closure announcement.
From MarketWatch
Depending on how long the conflict and airport closures last, cargo would also be affected, Harteveldt said.
From MarketWatch
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