Definitions for Closure
ˈkloʊ ʒərclo·sure

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. closing, closurenoun

   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"

2. closure, cloture, gag rule, gag lawnoun

   a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body

3. closure, law of closurenoun

   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

4. settlement, resolution, closurenoun

   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"

5. blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppagenoun

   an obstruction in a pipe or tube

   "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"

6. blockage, closure, occlusionnoun

   the act of blocking

7. closure, closedown, closing, shutdownverb

   termination of operations

   "they regretted the closure of the day care center"

8. closure, clotureverb

   terminate debate by calling for a vote

   "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"

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1. Closurenoun

   (Math.) the property of being mathematically closed under some operation; -- said of sets.

2. Closurenoun

   (Math.) the intersection of all closed sets containing the given set.

3. Closurenoun

   (Psychol.) achievement of a sense of completeness and release from tension due to uncertainty; as, the closure afforded by the funeral of a loved one; also, the sense of completion thus achieved.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. closurenoun

   An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.

2. closurenoun

   A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.

3. closurenoun

   A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.

4. closurenoun

   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.

5. closurenoun

   The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.

6. closurenoun

   (of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.

7. Etymology: From closure, from clausura, from claudere; see clausure and close.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Closurenoun

   Etymology: from close.

   1. The act of shutting up.

   The chink was carefully closed up: upon which closure there appeared not any change. Robert Boyle, Spring of the Air.

   2. That by which any thing is closed or shut.

   I admire your sending your last to me quite open, without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever. Alexander Pope, to Swift.

   3. The parts inclosing; inclosure.

   O thou bloody prison!
   Within the guilty closure of thy walls
   Richard the second here was hack’d to death. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   4. Conclusion; end.

   We’ll hand in hand all headlong cast us down,
   And make a mutual closure of our house. William Shakespeare, Tit. Andron.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Closure

   Closure is the third and last single from alternative metal band Chevelles second album Wonder What's Next. It features a dark, melodic verse that carries into a similarly melodic chorus ending in heavy guitar chords. The following verse continues with added aggression into the second chorus and heavy bridge. A music video was produced for "Closure". It consists entirely of live performance footage. The song has been briefly covered by Breaking Benjamin in 2004 and 2005.

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1. closure

   In mathematics, closure refers to a property of some operations or functions by which the output or result always lies within the same set as the inputs. It describes the characteristic that an operation always returns a value that is also a member of the set the operation was performed on. In other words, a set is closed under an operation if the performance of that operation on members of the set always produces a member of the same set.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Closureverb

   the act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink

2. Closureverb

   that which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed

3. Closureverb

   that which incloses or confines; an inclosure

4. Closureverb

   a conclusion; an end

5. Closureverb

   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 cloture was originally applied to this proceeding

6. Etymology: [Of. closure, L. clausura, fr. clauedere to shut. See Close, v. t.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Closure

   A set has closure under an operation if performance of that operation on members of the set always produces a member of the same set. For example, the real numbers are closed under subtraction, but the natural numbers are not: 3 and 8 are both natural numbers, but the result of 3 − 8 is not a natural number. Another example is the set containing only the number zero, which is a closed set under multiplication. Similarly, a set is said to be closed under a collection of operations if it is closed under each of the operations individually. A set that is closed under an operation or collection of operations is said to satisfy a closure property. Often a closure property is introduced as an axiom, which is then usually called the axiom of closure. Note that modern set-theoretic definitions usually define operations as maps between sets, so adding closure to a structure as an axiom is superfluous; however in practice operations are often defined initially on a superset of the set in question and a closure proof is required to establish that the operation applied to pairs from that set only produces members of that set. For example, the set of even integers is closed under addition, but the set of odd integers is not.

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Closure

   The closing or completion of a circuit by depressing a key or moving a switch.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. closure

   In transportation, the process of a unit arriving at a specified location. It begins when the first element arrives at a designated location, e.g., port of entry and/or port of departure, intermediate stops, or final destination, and ends when the last element does likewise. For the purposes of studies and command post exercises, a unit is considered essentially closed after 95 percent of its movement requirements for personnel and equipment are completed.

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1. closure

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2. Closure

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Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Closure

   A modern parliamentary term signifying the right of the Speaker to order the closing of a useless debate. The Closure was first applied 24th February 1884.

Matched Categories

1. • Gestalt Law Of Organization
   • Approach
   • Decision Making
   • End
   • Obstruction

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Closure' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4712

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Closure' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4381

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Closure' in Nouns Frequency: #1564

Anagrams for Closure »

1. colures

How to pronounce Closure?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Closure in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Closure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Closure in a Sentence

1. Michael Milstein:

   One striking thing is that the fishing community – the commercial fleet and recreational fishing groups – have largely supported the closure of the salmon season, that has been apparent in the public comments at the council and elsewhere. They argue that they should not be fishing when the stocks have declined to this level.

2. Frank Hargrave:

   An investigation in 1522 suggested that he was corrupt with stories that he had fathered a son ‘with a club foot’ within the local community although these kinds of stories were often fabricated by Henry’s commissioners as they were encouraged to dig up as much dirt as they could, probably to help the dangerous situation in the northwest, a local aristocrat, Sir William Brereton managed to have the Abbot’s death sentence cancelled and he and his canons were pensioned off with the closure of Norton Abbey.

3. Robert Whooley:

   I'm very happy because I think the whole thing was a sham to begin with, and it's good to see closure to it, i think we should move on.

4. Michael Franks:

   We talked, we connected, we did a little hug and then we went and had some lunch across the street from my office and just talked a little more and processed things, just not for closure, but for seeing where he is and what happened, i assume the worst when someone has a spinal cord injury, it's a tough life.

5. Jeb Bush:

   I'm informed by my faith in many things, and this is one of them. So I have to admit that I'm conflicted about this, but here's the deal, this happens in rare cases where the death penalty's given out and you meet family members that have lost a loved one and it's still in their heart. It's etched in their soul. And this is the way that they get closure? I get more comfortable with it, to be honest with you.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Closure
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Closure
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Closure
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Closure
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Closure
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Closure
9. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=Closure
10. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
    https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
11. ^ Etymology and Origins
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Closure