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cerradura — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • closure noun The permanent or temporary shutting of a place or operation.
  • lock noun A device that fastens something shut, opened only with a key, code, or similar means.

Senses

cerradura is used for these senses in English:

  • closure (programming) 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.
  • closure (topology, of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
  • lock Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
  • lock A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.

closure — full definition

  1. noun The permanent or temporary shutting of a place or operation.
  2. noun A feeling of emotional resolution after a difficult experience.
  3. noun A fastener or device that seals something shut, such as a bottle cap.

lock — full definition

  1. noun A device that fastens something shut, opened only with a key, code, or similar means.
  2. verb To fasten something with a lock, or to become fixed in place.
  3. noun A section of a canal enclosed by gates, used to raise or lower boats between different water levels.
  4. noun A strand or tuft of hair.

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