closure (redirected from closuring)

clo·sure  (klzhr)

n.

1. The act of closing or the state of being closed: closure of an incision.

2. Something that closes or shuts.

3. A bringing to an end; a conclusion: finally brought the project to closure.

4. See cloture.

5. The property of being mathematically closed.

tr.v. clo·sured, clo·sur·ing, clo·sures

To cloture (a debate).

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin clausra, fortress, lock, from clausus, enclosed; see close. Sense 4, translation of French clôture.]

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closure

Noun

1. the act of closing or the state of being closed

2. something that closes or shuts

3. a procedure by which a debate may be stopped and an immediate vote taken

4. Chiefly US

a. a resolution of a significant event or relationship in a person's life

b. the sense of contentment experienced after such a resolution

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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" closing coming, approach, approaching - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
	2.	closure - a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body cloture, gag law, gag rule parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order, order - a body of rules followed by an assembly closure by compartment, guillotine - closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
	3.	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 law of closure Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization - a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization
	4.	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" resolution, settlement deciding, decision making - the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"
	5.	closure - an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" blockage, stoppage, occlusion, block, stop breech closer, breechblock - a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing impedimenta, obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment - any structure that makes progress difficult plug, stopple, stopper - blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly vapor lock, vapour lock - a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
	6.	closure - the act of blocking blockage, occlusion obstruction - the act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice" implosion - the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
	7.	closure - termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" closedown, shutdown, closing ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" plant closing - act of shutting down operation of a plant bank closing - act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure layoff - the act of laying off an employee or a work force
Verb	1.	closure - terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion" cloture terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

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closure

noun closing, end, finish, conclusion, stoppage, termination, cessation

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In transportation, the process of a unit arriving at a specified location. It begins when the first element arrives at a designated location, e.g., port of entry and/or port of departure, intermediate stops, or final destination, and ends when the last element does likewise. For the purposes of studies and command post exercises, a unit is considered essentially closed after 95 percent of its movement requirements for personnel and equipment are completed.

Translations

closure [ˈkləuʒəʳ] n → cierre m

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closure [ˈkləuʒəʳ] n → fermeture f

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closure [ˈkləuʒəʳ] close² n (of factory) → Stilllegung f;

(of magazine) → Einstellung f;

(of road) → Sperrung f;

(of border) → Schließung f

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closure [ˈkləuʒəʳ] n → chiusura