Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - occlusion
Occlusion
occlusion
n. 1 the act or process of occluding. 2 Meteorol. a phenomenon in which the cold front of a depression overtakes the warm front, causing upward displacement of warm air between them. 3 Dentistry the position of the teeth when the jaws are closed. 4 the blockage or closing of a hollow organ etc. (coronary occlusion). 5 Phonet. the momentary closure of the vocal passage. Derivatives occlusive adj.
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noun Etymology: Latin occludere Date: circa 1645 the act of occluding ; the state of being occluded: as, the complete obstruction of the breath passage in the articulation of a speech sound, the bringing of the opposing surfaces of the teeth of the two jaws into contact, the inclusion or sorption of gas trapped during solidification of a material, the front formed by a cold front overtaking a warm front and lifting the warm air above the earth's surface ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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