law of closure

Definitions of law of closure

1. noun

   a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
   synonyms: closure

   type of:

   Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization

   a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization