closed
verb
- 1
(physical) To remove a gap.
- 2
(social) To finish, to terminate.
- 3
To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
- 4
To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
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adjective
- 1
Sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open.
- 2
(of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade.
- 3
Not public.
“closed source a closed committee”
- 4
(of a set) Having an open complement.
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(of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.
“The set of integers is closed under addition: \forall x,y\in\mathbb{Z}\,x+y\in\mathbb{Z}.”
- 6
(of a formula) Lacking a free variable.
- 7
(of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop.
- 8
Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/ and /p/.
- 9
Having the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin.
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