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Webster 1913 Edition


Closure

Clo′sure

(klō′zhū̍r; 135)
,
Noun.
[Of. closure, L.
clausura
, fr.
clauedere
to shut. See
Close
,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
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 clôture was originally applied to this proceeding.

Webster 1828 Edition


Closure

CLOSURE

, n.
1.
The act of shutting; a closing.
2.
That which closes, or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or made to adhere.
3.
Inclosure; that which confines.
4.
Conclusion.

Definition 2024


closure

closure

English

Noun

closure (plural closures)

  1. An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
  2. A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
  3. A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
  4. (programming) An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
  5. (mathematics) The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
  6. (topology, of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
  7. The act of shutting; a closing.
    the closure of a door, or of a chink
  8. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
    • Alexander Pope
      Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever.
  9. (obsolete) That which encloses or confines; an enclosure.
    • Shakespeare
      O thou bloody prison [] / Within the guilty closure of thy walls / Richard the Second here was hacked to death.
  10. A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.

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  • (computer science) thunk

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