closed-end

[ klohzd-end ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or like a closed-end investment company.

Word History and Origins

Origin of closed-end¹

1935–40; Americanism

Example Sentences

The closed air column (Fig. 341a) extends from a place of great vibration at a to a place of no vibration at the closed end.

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A flue is constructed with the clay above the closed end of the barrel, which is then burned out with a hot fire.

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Sir John placed a bee in a bell jar, the closed end of which he held towards a window.

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Measure the distance bc between the top of the mercury and the closed end of the tube.

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If now the air column in the closed end is measured, its volume will be only one half of its former volume.

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