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closure

('kl/oU//Z//@/r )

approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap(noun.act)

Synonym:
closing

source: wordnet30
a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body(noun.communication)

Synonym:
cloture, gag law, gag rule

source: wordnet30
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(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
law of closure

source: wordnet30
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making(noun.cognition)

Example:
He needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure.

Synonym:
resolution, settlement

source: wordnet30
an obstruction in a pipe or tube(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
block, blockage, occlusion, stop, stoppage

source: wordnet30
the act of blocking(noun.act)

Synonym:
blockage, occlusion

source: wordnet30
termination of operations(noun.act)

Example:
They regretted the closure of the day care center.

Synonym:
closedown, closing, shutdown

source: wordnet30
The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.(noun)

source: webster1913

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