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Definition of overclose in English: overcloseverb ˌəʊvəˈkləʊz 1with object To close beyond a certain limit, angle, or alignment. Cf overclosure. Also without object rare. 2with object Astronomy. Of cosmological models and physical theories, or assumptions affecting them: to cause (the modelled universe) to have a greater mass than is estimated to be contained in it in reality or that can be reconciled with its observed expansion.
Origin Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From over- + close. Definition of overclose in US English: overcloseverbˌəʊvəˈkləʊz 1with object To close beyond a certain limit, angle, or alignment. Cf overclosure. Also without object rare. 2with object Astronomy. Of cosmological models and physical theories, or assumptions affecting them: to cause (the modelled universe) to have a greater mass than is estimated to be contained in it in reality or that can be reconciled with its observed expansion.
Origin Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). From over- + close. |