OCCLUSION
\əklˈuːʒən], \əklˈuːʒən], \ə_k_l_ˈuː_ʒ_ə_n]\
Definitions of OCCLUSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
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(dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed
By Princeton University
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(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
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(dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word cloture was originally applied to this proceeding.
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The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.
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The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.
By Oddity Software
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A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word cloture was originally applied to this proceeding.
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The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.
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The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.
By Noah Webster.
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1. The act of closing or the state of being closed. 2. In chemistry, the absorption of a gas by a metal. 3. The adjustment or fitting together of the premolar and molar teeth when the jaws are closed.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Sometimes this word signifies, simply, the transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening-the occlusion of the eyelids, for example; at others it is synonymous with imperforation, as occlusion of the pupil, vagina, &c.
By Robley Dunglison
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The act of stopping up or the state of being stopped up; said of a passage or an opening.
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In chemistry, the adsorption of a gas by a solid substance, not caused by a chemical affinity between the two substances. Finely divided carbon at a temperature of 19 has an extremely great power of o. for air.
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In dentistry, the term is applied to the upper teeth striking on the lower when the jaws are closed. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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