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occlude |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Occlude \Oc*clude"\, v. t. [L. occludere occlusum ob (see {Ob-}) + claudere to shut.] 1. To shut up to close --Sir T. Browne. 2. (Chem.) To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as iron, platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: occlude v : block passage through "obstruct the path" [syn: {obstruct}, {impede}, {jam}, {block}, {close up}] [ant: {free}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: occlude(Or "shadow") To make a variable inaccessible by declaring another with the same name within the {scope} of the first (1995-12-14)
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