closed position
Partners facing, touching
Closed position describes a stance or hold where body parts are drawn together rather than extended.
In ballroom dancing, partners stand face-to-face with bodies close and arms connected in a frame: They waltzed in closed position.
In guitar playing, a closed position keeps the fretting hand's fingers clustered within a few frets.
In finance, a closed position means an investment has been sold or settled, ending exposure to market movement.
- body contactBodies touching each other
- frameSupporting outer structure
- ballroom dancingFormal partnered dance styles
- latchDoor-securing catch
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
voicing · chord · posture · hinge · embrace · follow · harmony · pivot · lead · interval · fingering · guard · inversion · alignment · promenade · heel turn · formation · lock
- chesscheck, pawns, knights, rooks, pawn
- ballroom dancewaltz, foxtrot, tango, quickstep, cha-cha
- dance positionsarabesque, attitude, passe, retire, releve
- tradingbid, buy, ask, sell, trading
- ballroom dancingwaltz, foxtrot, polka, quickstep, tango
- swing danceslindy hop, Lindy Hop, jitterbug, east coast swing, Charleston