occlusion
noun/əˈkluː.ʒən/
Etymology Borrowed from Late Latin occlūsiō, occlūsiōnis (“occluding, obstruction”), from the Classical Latin occlūdō (“to shut up or close up; to restrain”), from ob + claudō (“to shut or close”).
7 senses
- 1The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
- 2Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
- 3The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are…
- 4An occluded front.
- 5A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral…
- 6The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
- 7The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.
The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
Medicine, Sciences Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
Climatology, Meteorology, Natural sciences An occluded front.
Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
Computer graphics, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.
- Derived terms
27 terms
abocclusion, antocclusion, benocclusion, disocclusion, distocclusion, distoclusion, infraocclusion, interocclusion, malocclusion, mesiocclusion, neutrocclusion, neutroclusion, nonocclusion, occlusional, occlusion body, occlusive, orthocclusion, periocclusion, postocclusion, preocclusion, reocclusion, retrocclusion, subocclusion, supraocclusion, torsocclusion, vasoocclusion, venoocclusion