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| clo·sure [ klṓər ] |
noun (plural clo·sures) |
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1. permanent end of business: the permanent ending of a business or activity
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2. barring of access: blocking the access to a place or blocking a route
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3. something that closes opening: a device for closing an opening, e.g. a zipper or a cap on a bottle, or the place where the opening closes
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4. closing something: an act or process of closing something, e.g. closing an opening or terminating an activity
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5. psychology sense of finality: the sense of finality and coming to terms with an experience, felt or experienced over time
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6. Canada politics
Same as cloture
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7. geology vertical distance of rock formation: the distance measured vertically between the top of a rock formation anticline and the lowest contour
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8. mathematics being closed set in mathematics: the characteristic of a set in which the application of a given mathematical operation to any member of the set always has another member of the set as its result
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9. phonetics contact between vocal organs producing sound: a contact made between vocal organs such as the tongue and the soft palate that produces a speech sound
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transitive verb (past and past participle clo·sured, present participle clo·sur·ing, 3rd person present singular clo·sures) |
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Canada politics
Same as cloture
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