Definition of occlusions Occlusions

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What does occlusions mean?

Wiktionary

occlusions (Noun)
Plural of occlusion.

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occlusions, noun, plural of occlusion.

WordNet

Noun Plural: occlusions
occlusion - closure or blockage (as of a blood vessel)
		attack a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
		laryngospasm a closure of the larynx that blocks the passage of air to the lungs
		embolism occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)
		thromboembolism occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus that has broken away from a thrombus
		thrombosis the formation or presence of a thrombus (a clot of coagulated blood attached at the site of its formation) in a blood vessel
occlusion - (dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed
		spatial relation, position the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
occlusion - the act of blocking
		blockage, closure
		obstruction getting in someone's way
occlusion - an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
		blockage, block, closure, stop, stoppage
		impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstructor, obstruction the baggage and equipment carried by an army
		breech closer, breechblock a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing
		stopple, stopper, plug (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit; "if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump"
occlusion - (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
		occluded front
		front the side that is seen or that goes first

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Wiktionary

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

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

occlusion (n.)
The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.
occlusion (n.)
The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

occlusion
An obstruction in a pipe or tube.

Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡

occlusion
An absorption of gases by metals. Palladium will, if used as the hydrogen evolving electrode in decomposing water, absorb 980 times its volume of hydrogen, which is said to be occluded. The metal may also be heated in hydrogen and allowed to cool therein, when occlusion occurs. Platinum will occlude 4 times its volume of hydrogen; iron, 4.15 times its volume of carbon-monoxide; silver, 7 times its volume of oxygen. Metals with occluded gases may serve as elements in a galvanic couple. (See Gas Battery.) A metal expands in occluding a gas.
In the storage battery it is believed that occlusion plays a part, hydrogen and oxygen being respectively absorbed by the two sets of plates, and acting as they do in Groves' gas battery.