closure, closedown, closing, shutdown
(noun) termination of operations; “they regretted the closure of the day care center”
closing, closure
(noun) 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”
blockage, closure, occlusion
(noun) the act of blocking
blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage
(noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube; “we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe”
settlement, resolution, closure
(noun) 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”
closure, law of closure
(noun) 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
closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law
(noun) a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
closure, cloture
(verb) terminate debate by calling for a vote; “debate was closured”; “cloture the discussion”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
closure (countable and uncountable, plural closures)
An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
(programming) An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
(mathematics) The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
(topology, of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
The act of shutting; a closing.
That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
(obsolete) That which encloses or confines; an enclosure.
(politics) A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.
The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels.
• (computing): function closure, lexical closure
• (device): clasp, hasp, latch, hook and eye
• (computer science) thunk
• Clouser, colures
Source: Wiktionary
Clo"sure (, 135), n. Etym: [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.
2. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed. Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever. Pope.
3. That which incloses or confines; an inclosure. O thou bloody prison . . . Within the guilty closure of thy walls Richard the Second here was hacked to death. Shak.
4. A conclusion; an end. [Obs.] Shak.
5. (Parliamentary Practice)
Definition: 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 clĂ´ture was originally applied to this proceeding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
