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Definition of Closing off
1. Noun. The act of isolating something; setting something apart from others.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Closing Off
Literary usage of Closing off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1913)
"The governor is an automatic arrangement for admitting and closing off steam to
the air pump, and Is actuated by air pressure. ..."
2. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1913)
"The governor is an automatic arrangement for admitting and closing off steam to
the air pump, and is actuated by air pressure. The steam valve, which shuts ..."
3. Notes on Irrigation Works: A Course of Lectures Delivered at Oxford Under by Nicol Finlayson Mackenzie (1910)
"... closing off outlets, and not by closing off distributary heads; keeping a
constant supply in a distributary checks the growth of weeds. ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"The temperature in the room is regulated by either closing off or partially
throttling the outlets to the various coils. In throttling the outlet, ..."
5. Locomotive Engine Running and Management by Angus Sinclair (1915)
"A. The governor is an automatic arrangement for admitting and closing off steam
to the air-pump, and is actuated by air-pressure. ..."
6. Marine Engineers' Handbook by Frank W (Ed Sterling (1920)
"In case of breakage of the glass, the outrush of water lifts the ball from the
bracket up against the seat, automatically closing off the exit of the hot ..."
7. Truth & Light: Brief Explanations by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, Lex Hixon, Will Noffke (1974)
"When all the things that are closing off the Light are discarded, then we will
see the Light that is called Man-God, God- Man. ..."
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