occlude
occlude
Definition
oc·clude (ə klo̵̅o̅d′, ä-)
transitive verb -·clud′ed, -·clud′·ing
- to close, shut, or block (a passage)
- to prevent the passage of; shut in or out
- to conceal, hide, or obscure
- Chem. to retain or absorb (a gas, liquid, or solid)
intransitive verb
Dentistry to meet with the cusps fitting close together: said of the upper and lower teeth
oc·clud′·ent adjective
occlude
Synonyms
occlude
Usage Examples
Object
- contour: Figure 1: ( Left ) The occluding contour G of the hand.
- artery: The cuff is then inflated to occlude the brachial artery.
- front: An occluded front is a mingling of the first two fronts.
- vessel: PVA is an inert harmless material which has been used to occlude vessels in other parts of the body for decades ( 19 ).
- object: Visual memory for partially occluded objects Many of the objects we encounter in our visual world are partially hidden by other objects.
- window: Opposite If the sibling occludes the window, the window is placed at the top of the stack.
Subject
- object: It might be occluded by some other showing object.
- child: The XCirculateSubwindowsUp function raises the lowest mapped child of the specified window that is partially or completely occluded by another child.
Preposition: by
- object: It might be occluded by some other showing object.
- child: The XCirculateSubwindowsUp function raises the lowest mapped child of the specified window that is partially or completely occluded by another child.
Modifying Another Word
- partially: Such junctions can occur where an edge is partially occluded by another object.
- not: Section 4: Cuff Pressure Less than Diastolic Pressure At pressures below diastolic, the cuff does not occlude the artery.
- then: The lower canine can then occlude lateral to the displaced lip and cause excoriation or punctures.
- totally: I try to set the end distance ( at which the fog totally occludes everything ) no lower than 4000.
- also: Smaller peaks may indicate that the object is present but also occluded.
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