American
[klohzd in-ter-vuhl]
/ ˈkloʊzd ˈɪn tər vəl /
noun
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Mathematics.
a range of numbers on a number line, the endpoints of which are included in the range and are denoted as such within square brackets. For example, [12, 38] is a closed interval, representing the set of real numbers from 12 to 38, including 12 and 38.
noun
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maths an interval on the real line including its end points, as [0, 1], the set of reals between and including 0 and 1
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closed interval
Scientific
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A set of numbers consisting of all the numbers between a pair of given numbers and including the endpoints.
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A closed interval and an open interval make a good case study for how we can think about compactness.
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