Meaning of closed in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

verb

• (physical) To remove a gap.

• (social) To finish, to terminate.

• To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.

• To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

adjective

• Sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open.

• (of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade.

• Not public.

  Example: closed source  a closed committee

• (of a set) Having an open complement.

• (of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.

  Example: The set of integers is closed under addition: \forall x,y\in\mathbb{Z}\,x+y\in\mathbb{Z}.

• (of a formula) Lacking a free variable.

• (of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop.

• 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.