closed interval

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noun

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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Words nearby closed interval

closed fracture, closed game, closed gentian, closed head injury, closed hospital, closed interval, closed loop, closed-minded, closedown, closed plan, closed position

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How to use closed interval in a sentence

He closed his eyes, imagining the virgins, imagining away the pain in his head and groin.
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Closed courthouses, rogue clerks, and misleading statements from the attorney general as Florida welcomes same-sex marriage.
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I wish I could be writing to you under better circumstances, but unfortunately those avenues have closed up.
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The FCC investigation recently closed its comment period on the Marriott case.
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Though the bar closed soon after, a movement had been sparked, and when it reopened in 1990, history was revived.
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Drowned every few seconds by our tremendous salvoes, this more nervous noise crept back insistently into our ears in the interval.
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And now I can recall that his eyes closed, and from his lips I caught a sigh, and then he rolled to the floor.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The next instant the door closed softly behind them, and she went out of his life as a wife forever.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
He looked up through half closed eyes to see the Reverend standing over him.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
And it might be a good idea for you to give your men a gentle hint to keep their mouths closed about this affair—all of it.
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Scientific definitions for closed interval

closed interval

A set of numbers consisting of all the numbers between a pair of given numbers and including the endpoints.