closure
An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
Other meanings
A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
Related words
- closureless
- microclosure
- misclosure
- nonclosure
- openture
- overclosure
- postclosure
- preclosure
- reclosure
- semiclosure
- subclosure
- closure temperature
Word history
From Latin "claudere" (to close).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “closure” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.