Closure

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Closure, clausure or Clojure may refer to:

Physical

• Closure (container) used to seal a bottle, jug, jar, can, or other container
  • Closure (wine bottle), a stopper
• Hook-and-eye closure

Conceptual

Philosophy

• Epistemic closure, a principle in epistemology
• Deductive closure, a principle in logic
• Cognitive closure (philosophy)
• Closure: A Short History of Everything, a philosophical book by Hilary Lawson

Psychology

• Closure (psychology), the state of experiencing an emotional conclusion to a difficult life event

Law

• Closure (business), the process by which an organization ceases operations
• Closure, also known as cloture, is a motion in parliamentary procedure to bring debate to a quick end

Computer science

• Closure (computer programming), an abstraction binding a function to its scope
• Clojure, a dialect of the Lisp programming language
• Kleene closure
• Syntactic closure
• Google Closure Tools, a set of JavaScript tools created by Google
• Relational database model: Set-theoretic formulation and Armstrong's axioms for its use in database theory

Mathematics

• Closure (mathematics), a property said to be satisfied by a set under a given operation if and only if performing the operation on members of the set always produces a member of the same set.
• Transitive closure
• Algebraic closure
• Deductive closure
• Closure (topology), for a set, the smallest closed set containing that set
• Convex closure
• Closure operator
• Kuratowski closure axioms

Sociology

• Closure (sociology)

Other uses

• Closure (atmospheric science), is a type of experiment in aerosol and cloud studies
• Closure, a concept in the social construction of technology
• Law of Closure, a principle in Gestalt psychology
• Poetic closure

Names

Film and television

• Straightheads, a 2007 British thriller film, US release title Closure
• "Closure" (The X-Files), a 2000 episode of the television series The X-Files
• "Closure" (8 Simple Rules episode), a 2005 episode of the sitcom 8 Simple Rules
• "Closure" (Raines), a 2007 episode of the crime drama Raines
• "Closure" (Tru Calling), a 2004 episode of the supernatural drama Tru Calling
• A two-part episode, split between seasons 1 and 2 of Law and Order: SVU
• "Closure" (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a 2015 episode of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Music

• Closure (band), a Canadian rock band
• Closure: Live, a 2001 live album by Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy
• Closure (Closure album), 2003
• Closure (Integrity album), 2001
• Closure (EP), a 2004 compilation album by Everclear
• Closure (video), a 1997 Nine Inch Nails video set
• "Closure" (Chevelle song), 2003
• "Closure" (Scarlett Belle song), 2010
• "Closure" (Gabrielle song), 2007
• "Closure", a song on Hood's 2005 album Outside Closer
• "Closure", a song by Opeth from their album Damnation
• "Closure", a song by Aly & AJ from their album Insomniatic
• "Closure", a song on Divine Heresy's 2007 album Bleed the Fifth
• "Closure", a song by pop punk band The Story So Far off their 2011 album Under Soil and Dirt
• Resolution (music), in music theory

Games

• Closure (video game), a 2012 puzzle game

See also

• Clozure, an implementation of Common Lisp
• Clojure, a dialect of Lisp symbiotic with the Java platform