closure
[ˈkləʊʒə]
n
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 takenSee cloture See guillotine See gag rule
the resolution of a significant event or relationship in a person's life.a sense of contentment experienced after such a resolution
the vertical distance between the crest of an anticline and the lowest contour that surrounds it
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
the closed sentence formed from a given open sentence by prefixing universal or existential quantifiers to bind all its free variables.the process of forming such a closed sentence
the smallest closed set containing a given set.the operation of forming such a set
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
vb
(in a deliberative body) to end (debate) by closure
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