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Occlusion   Listen
noun
Occlusion  n.  
1.
The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded. "Constriction and occlusion of the orifice."
2.
(Med.) The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.
Occlusion of gases (Chem. & Physics), the phenomenon of absorbing gases, as exhibited by platinum, palladium, iron, or charcoal; thus, palladium absorbs, or occludes, nearly a thousand times its own volume of hydrogen, and in this case a chemical compound seems to be formed.






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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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