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• Closure (computer science), an abstraction binding a function to its scope
• Closure (mathematics), the smallest object that both includes the object as a subset and possesses some given property
• Closure (topology), the set of all points intuitively "close to" a given set
• Closure (philosophy), a philosophical description of the world put forward by Hilary Lawson
• Closure (psychology), the state of experiencing an emotional conclusion to a difficult life event, or, a point in the development of an artifact where social understanding and interpretation reaches consensus
• Closure (comics), the process by which the mind fills in missing details between the panels of a comic
• Deductive closure, the application of the mathematical concept to formal logic
• Cloture, a motion in parliamentary procedure to bring debate to a quick end
• Law of Closure, a principle in Gestalt psychology
• Closure (law), an act of closing a public trial
• a stage in the social construction of technology

In music: In programming languages, a closure is a function that refers to free variables in its lexical context. ... In mathematics, the closure C(X) of an object X is defined to be the smallest object that both includes X as a subset and possesses some given property. ... In mathematics, the closure of a set S consists of all points which are intuitively close to S. A point which is in the closure of S is a point of closure of S. The notion of closure is in many ways dual to the notion of interior. ... Closure is a philosophical description of the world put forward by Hilary Lawson in the book Closure: a story of everything (Routledge, UK, 2001). ... In psychology, closure may refer to the state of experiencing an emotional conclusion to a difficult life event, such as the breakdown of a close interpersonal relationship or the death of loved one. ... Peter D. Klein, in the second edition of The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, defines closure as follows: A set of objects, O, is said to exhibit closure or to be closed under a given operation, R, provided that for every object, x, if x is a member of O and... In parliamentary procedure, cloture (pr: KLO-cher) (also called closure, and sometimes a guillotine) is a motion or process aimed at bringing debate to a quick end. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Public trial or open trial is a trial open to public, as opposed to the secret trial. ... Social construction of technology (also referred to as SCOT) is a theory within the field of Science and Technology Studies (or Technology and society). ...

• Closure (Nine Inch Nails VHS), a Nine Inch Nails video set
• Closure (band), a Canadian rock band
• "Closure" (Chevelle song), a song by Chevelle from their album Wonder What's Next
• "Closure", a song by Hood from their album Outside Closer
• "Closure", a song by Opeth from their album Damnation
• Resolution (music), in music theory

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