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noun 
  1. The process of occluding, or something that occludes.
  1. (medicine) Anything that obstructs or closes a vessel or canal.
  2. (context, medicine, dentistry) The alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together.
  3. (meteorology) An occluded front.
  4. (linguistics) A closure within the vocal tract that produces an oral stop or nasal stop.
  5. (physics) The absorption of a gas or liquid by a substance such as a metal.
  6. (computing) The blocking of the view of part of an image by another.

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