Closure - Definition

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]