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Word: occlusion (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • computing The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.
  • medicine|dentistry The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
  • linguistics A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
  • medicine Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
  • meteorology An occluded front.
  • physics The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
  • The process of occluding, or something that occludes.

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