Definition of Closure. Meaning of Closure. Synonyms of Closure

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Definition of Closure

Closure
Closure Clo"sure (?, 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. 2. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed. Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever. --Pope. 3. That which incloses or confines; an inclosure. O thou bloody prison . . . Within the guilty closure of thy walls Richard the Second here was hacked to death. --Shak. 4. A conclusion; an end. [Obs.] --Shak. 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.

Meaning of Closure from wikipedia

- Look up closure or closures in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Closure may refer to: Closure (psychology), the state of experiencing an emotional conclusion...
- algebra, an algebraic closure of a field K is an algebraic extension of K that is algebraically closed. It is one of many closures in mathematics. Using...
- operations individually. The closure of a subset is the result of a closure operator applied to the subset. The closure of a subset under some operations...
- topology, the closure of a subset S of points in a topological space consists of all points in S together with all limit points of S. The closure of S may...
- In mathematics, a closure operator on a set S is a function cl : P ( S ) → P ( S ) {\displaystyle \operatorname {cl} :{\mathcal {P}}(S)\rightarrow {\mathcal...
- The term normal closure is used in two senses in mathematics: In group theory, the normal closure of a subset of a group is the smallest normal subgroup...
- Closure is the first video album by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released on November 25, 1997. The double VHS set consists of one tape...
- In mathematics, the transitive closure R+ of a homogeneous binary relation R on a set X is the smallest relation on X that contains R and is transitive...
- In programming languages, a closure, also lexical closure or function closure, is a technique for implementing lexically scoped name binding in a language...
- Physical causal closure is a metaphysical theory about the nature of causation in the physical realm with significant ramifications in the study of metaphysics...