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closure

[ kloh-zher ]

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noun

the act of closing; the state of being closed.
a bringing to an end; conclusion.
something that closes or shuts.
closer ¹( def 5 ).
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. Compare constriction ( def 5 ).
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. Compare error of closure.
Mathematics.
1. the property of being closed with respect to a particular operation.
2. the intersection of all closed sets that contain a given set.
Psychology.
1. the tendency to see an entire figure even though the picture of it is incomplete, based primarily on the viewer's past experience.
2. a sense of psychological certainty or completeness:
  a need for closure.
Obsolete. something that encloses or shuts in; enclosure.

closured, closuring.

closure

/ ˈ��əʊ��ə /

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
1. the resolution of a significant event or relationship in a person's life
2. 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
1. the closed sentence formed from a given open sentence by prefixing universal or existential quantifiers to bind all its free variables
2. the process of forming such a closed sentence
maths
1. the smallest closed set containing a given set
2. 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

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Origin of closure¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin ��ܲ�ū��. See close, -ure

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Origin of closure¹

C14: from Old French, from Late Latin ��ܲ�ū�� bar, from Latin claudere to close

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The WFP said the current Israeli blockade – the longest closure that Gaza has ever faced – had exacerbated already fragile markets and food systems.

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This is thought to be partly due to the high cost of housing in London and is likely to lead to further school closures, London Councils warned.

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A single rat has forced the closure of a school in Aberdeenshire for a week.

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The site's eventual closure was sealed when hairline cracks were found in the graphite bricks which make up its nuclear cores.

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Most of the closures were temporary and some retailers may have been shut down more than once.

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