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Occlusion   /əklˈuʒən/   Listen
Occlusion

noun
1.
Closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel).
2.
(meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft.  Synonym: occluded front.
3.
(dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed.
4.
An obstruction in a pipe or tube.  Synonyms: block, blockage, closure, stop, stoppage.
5.
The act of blocking.  Synonyms: blockage, closure.



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"Occlusion" Quotes from Famous Books



... Her face had taken upon itself that appalling and exasperating calmness of very good people who never get angry, but drive others to frenzy by the simple occlusion of an adamantine veil between their own feelings and their opponents'. "I'll tell you all about it after I've put up the horse," he said hurriedly, glad to escape until the veil was lifted again. "I suppose the ...
— The Argonauts of North Liberty • Bret Harte
... I found it impossible to tire, and I shall never cease to regret that circumstances latterly made visits to him very infrequent. Towards the end his faculties now and then were a little dimmed; but the occlusion carried compensation with it. To sit with an old man and, being mistaken by him for one's own grandfather, to be addressed as though half a century had rolled away, is an experience that I would ...
— Highways & Byways in Sussex • E.V. Lucas


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