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noun
1.
limitation or restriction.
2.
repression of natural feelings and impulses: to practice constraint.
3.
unnatural restraint in manner, conversation, etc.; embarrassment.
4.
something that constrains.
5.
EXPANDthe act of constraining.
6.
the condition of being constrained.
7.
COLLAPSELinguistics. a restriction on the operation of a linguistic rule or the occurrence of a linguistic construction.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English constreinte < Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of constreindre; see constrain
1350–1400; Middle English constreinte < Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of constreindre; see constrain
Related forms
non·con·straint, noun
Synonyms
1. force, obligation, pressure.
1. force, obligation, pressure.
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| the borrowing of linguistic forms by one language or dialect from another when both occupy a single geographical or cultural community |
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Word Origin & History
constraint
late 14c., "distress, oppression," from O.Fr. constreinte (Mod.Fr. contrainte), fem. noun from constreint, pp. of constreindre, from V.L. *constrinctus, from L. constrictus (see constrain). Meaning "coercion, compulsion" is from 1530s.
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constraint definition
programming, mathematicsA Boolean relation, often an equality or ineqality relation, between the values of one or more mathematical variables (often two). E.g. x>3 is a constraint on x. constraint satisfaction attempts to assign values to variables so that all constraints are true.
Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.constraints. FAQ (http://cs.unh.edu/ccc/archive/).
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