closed
adjDefinitions
Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.
- A closed and locked door prevented my escape.
- The channel was closed as a result of thick ice.
Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
- Phone lines are now closed.
Completed, finalised.
- This subject is now closed.
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Having an open complement.
Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.
- The set of integers is closed under addition: #92;forallx,y#92;in#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;,#92;,x#43;y#92;in#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;.
Lacking a free variable.
Lacking endpoints. For parametric curves, with the same image for the ends of the domain.
Lacking a boundary.
Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/,…
Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/, and /p/.
Having the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin.
Having component words joined together without spaces or hyphens
Having component words joined together without spaces or hyphens; for example, timeslot as opposed to time slot or time-slot.
Synonym of close.
Of a club, bat or other hitting implement
Of a club, bat or other hitting implement; angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
simple past and past participle of close
The neighborhood
Derived
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at closed. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at closed. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at closed
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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