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src: wikipedia
- Definition
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- closure :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
- closure :terminate debate by calling for a vote
- debate was closured|cloture the discussion
- closure :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
- closure :an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe
- closure :termination of operations
- they regretted the closure of the day care center
- closure :a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
- closure :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
- closure :the act of blocking