OCCLUDED

occluded, sorbed

(adjective) (of a substance) taken into and retained in another substance; “the sorbed oil mass”; “large volumes of occluded hydrogen in palladium”

occluded

(adjective) closed off; “an occluded artery”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

occluded

simple past tense and past participle of occlude

Adjective

occluded

closed or obstructed

(meteorology) (of air) forced upwards by colder, denser air

Source: Wiktionary


OCCLUDE

Oc*clude", v. t. Etym: [L. occludere, occlusum; ob (see Ob-) + claudere to shut.]

1. To shut up; to close. Sir T. Browne.

2. (Chem.)

Definition: To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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