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re⋅stric⋅tion

  [ri-strik-shuhn]
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–noun
1. something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
2. the act of restricting.
3. the state of being restricted.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < LL restrictiōn- (s. of restrictiō), equiv. to L restrict(us) (see restrict ) + -iōn- -ion

Synonyms:
1. rule, provision, reservation, restraint.
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re·stric·tion   (rĭ-strĭk'shən)   
n.  

    1. The act of restricting.

    2. The state of being restricted.

  2. Something that restricts; a regulation or limitation.

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Word Origin & History

restriction 
c.1412, from L.L. restrictionem (nom. restrictio) "limitation," from L. restrictus, pp. of restringere "restrict, bind fast, restrain," from re- "back" + stringere "draw tight" (see strain (v.)). Restrict (v.) is attested from 1535; regarded 18c. as a Scottishism. Restricted "limited" is attested from 1830; of documents, etc., "secret, not for public release" it is recorded from 1944. In U.S., restricted was a euphemism for "off-limits to Jews" (1947).
Manager: "I'm sorry, Mr. Marx, but we can't let you use the pool; this country club is restricted."
Groucho: "Well, my daughter's only half-Jewish; could she go in up to her knees?"
Restrictive is attested from c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re·stric·tion
Function: noun
1 : something that restricts: as a : a regulation that restricts or restrains b : a limitation on the use or enjoyment of property or a facility
2 a : an act of restricting b : the state of being restricted
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·stric·tion
Pronunciation: ri-'strik-sh&n
Function: noun
often attributive : the breaking of double-stranded DNA intofragments by restriction enzymes <restriction sites>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

restriction
A bug or design error that limits a program's capabilities, and which is sufficiently egregious that nobody can quite work up enough nerve to describe it as a feature. Often used (especially by marketroid types) to make it sound as though some crippling bogosity had been intended by the designers all along, or was forced upon them by arcane technical constraints of a nature no mere user could possibly comprehend (these claims are almost invariably false).
Old-time hacker Joseph M. Newcomer advises that whenever choosing a quantifiable but arbitrary restriction, you should make it either a power of 2 or a power of 2 minus 1. If you impose a limit of 17 items in a list, everyone will know it is a random number - on the other hand, a limit of 15 or 16 suggests some deep reason (involving 0- or 1-based indexing in binary) and you will get less flamage for it. Limits which are round numbers in base 10 are always especially suspect.
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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