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An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
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(figurative) A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
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A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
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(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.
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(mathematics) The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
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(topology, of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
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The act of shutting; a closing.
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The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily.
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That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
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(obsolete) That which encloses or confines; an enclosure.
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(politics) A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.
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(sociology) The phenomenon by which a group maintains its resources by the exclusion of others based on various criteria. ᵂᵖ
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(comics) The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels.
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(food packaging industry) The element of packaging that closes a container.