closures

[kloh-zher]

clo·sure

[kloh-zher] noun, verb, clo·sured, clo·sur·ing.
noun
1.
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
2.
a bringing to an end; conclusion.
3.
something that closes or shuts.
4.
closer (def. 2).
5.
an architectural screen or parapet, especially one standing free between columns or piers.
EXPAND
6.
Phonetics. an occlusion of the vocal tract as an articulatory feature of a particular speech sound. Compare constriction (def. 5).
7.
Parliamentary Procedure. a cloture.
8.
Surveying. completion of a closed traverse in such a way that the point of origin and the endpoint coincide within an acceptably small margin of error. Compare error of closure.
9.
Mathematics.
a.
the property of being closed with respect to a particular operation.
b.
the intersection of all closed sets that contain a given set.
10.
Psychology.
a.
the tendency to see an entire figure even though the picture of it is incomplete, based primarily on the viewer's past experience.
b.
a sense of psychological certainty or completeness: a need for closure.
11.
Obsolete. something that encloses or shuts in; enclosure.
COLLAPSE
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
12.
Parliamentary Procedure. to cloture.

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Closures is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French < Latin clausūra. See close, -ure

non·clo·sure, noun
pre·clo·sure, noun
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