closure vs gulf

closure

noun
  • An event or occurrence that signifies an ending. 

  • A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing. 

  • An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope. 

  • That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed. 

  • The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property. 

  • A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. 

  • The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels. 

  • The phenomenon by which a group maintains its resources by the exclusion of others from their group based on varied criteria. ᵂᵖ 

  • The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily. 

  • The smallest closed set which contains the given set. 

  • The act of shutting; a closing. 

  • A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period. 

gulf

noun
  • A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea 

  • The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed. 

  • That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. 

  • A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin. 

  • A large deposit of ore in a lode. 

  • A wide interval or gap; a separating space. 

  • A difference, especially a large difference, between groups. 

verb
  • To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently. 

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