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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- In programming languages, a closure, also lexical closure or function closure, is a technique for implementing lexically scoped name binding in a language...
- mathematical concept of closure — in particular, the deductive closure of ⁠ T {\displaystyle {\mathcal {T}}} ⁠ is exactly the closure of ⁠ T {\displaystyle...
- 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...
- Epistemic closure is a property of some belief systems. It is the principle that if a subject S {\displaystyle S} knows p {\displaystyle p} , and S {\displaystyle...
- Closure or need for closure (NFC), used interchangeably with need for cognitive closure (NFCC), are social psychological terms that describe an individual's...
- Cognitive closure may refer to: Cognitive closure (psychology), the human desire to eliminate ambiguity and arrive at definite conclusions (sometimes...