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1º_ Gate that separates or isolates two environments or chambers with different characteristics, the most common case occurs in the locks of the dikes or navigable channels, where sections with different water levels are divided. It comes from the Latin ex ("outward") clusus, a, um ("closed with lock"). 2º_ Name in Spanish of the Flemish coastal town of Sluys ("Netherlands"), which in French means 'lock'.

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