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Meaning of closure

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  closure
      n 1: approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a
           narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave
           them little time to avoid a collision" [syn: {closing},
           {closure}]
      2: a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
         [syn: {closure}, {cloture}, {gag rule}, {gag law}]
      3: 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 [syn: {closure}, {law of closure}]
      4: something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision
         making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union";
         "they never did achieve a final resolution of their
         differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a
         sense of closure" [syn: {settlement}, {resolution},
         {closure}]
      5: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber
         to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn: {blockage},
         {block}, {closure}, {occlusion}, {stop}, {stoppage}]
      6: the act of blocking [syn: {blockage}, {closure}, {occlusion}]
      7: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the
         day care center" [syn: {closure}, {closedown}, {closing},
         {shutdown}]
      v 1: terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was
           closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn: {closure},
           {cloture}]

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