closure (
http://definr.com/closure)
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]
2: a rule for ending debate in a deliberative body [syn:
cloture,
gag rule]
3: an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber
to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" [syn:
blockage,
block,
occlusion,
stop,
stoppage]
4: the act of blocking [syn:
blockage,
occlusion]
5: termination of operations [syn:
closedown,
closing,
shutdown]
v : terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was
closured"; "cloture the discussion" [syn:
cloture]