Closure

Closure
Closure Clo"sure (kl[=o]"zh[-u]r; 135), n. [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. [1913 Webster]

2. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed. [1913 Webster]

Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

3. That which incloses or confines; an inclosure. [1913 Webster]

O thou bloody prison . . . Within the guilty closure of thy walls Richard the Second here was hacked to death. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. A conclusion; an end. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5. (Parliamentary Practice) 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 cl[^o]ture was originally applied to this proceeding. [1913 Webster]

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

7. (Math.) the intersection of all closed sets containing the given set. [PJC]

8. (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. [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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