Dictionary Definition
constraint
Noun
1 the state of being physically constrained;
"dogs should be kept under restraint" [syn: restraint]
2 a device that retards something's motion; "the
car did not have proper restraints fitted" [syn: restraint]
3 the act of constraining; the threat or use of
force to control the thoughts or behavior of others
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /kənˈstreɪnt/, /k@n"streInt/
- Rhymes: -eɪnt
Noun
- something that constrains
Translations
something that constrains
- Bosnian: ograničenje , usiljenost
- Chinese: 约束 (yuēshù)
- Croatian: ograničenje , usiljenost
- Czech: omezení
- Finnish: rajoitus, raja, rajoite
- French: contrainte
- Italian: vincolo , costrizione
- Polish: ograniczenie , przymus
- Russian: ограничение (ograničénije)
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic:
ограничење ,
усиљеност
- Roman: ograničenje , usiljenost
- Cyrillic:
ограничење ,
усиљеност
Extensive Definition
Constraint may refer to:
- Constraint (mathematics)
- Constraint algorithm (mechanics) such as SHAKE, or LINCS
- Constraint
(design)
- Loading gauge versus structure gauge
- Constraint (information theory)
- Theory of Constraints, in business management
- Constraint satisfaction, in computer science
- A constraint on constrained
writing, in literature
- For example, Oulipian constraints
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abnegation, abstinence, aloofness, aplomb, arrest, arrestation, backwardness, bashfulness, blankness, caging, calm, calmness, check, chilliness, circumscription,
coaction, coercion, coldness, composure, compulsion, compulsiveness, confinement, conservatism, continence, control, cool, cooling, cooling down, cooling
off, coolness, cramp, curb, curtailment, deceleration, denial, detachment, discipline, discreetness, discretion, dispassion, distance, drive, driving, duress, enforcement, evenness, exigency, expressionlessness,
forbearance,
forcing, frigidity, frostiness, frugality, gentleness, goad, golden mean, guardedness, happy medium,
hindrance, iciness, impartiality, impassiveness, impassivity, impelling, impersonality, impoundment, impulse, impulsion, inaccessibility,
independence,
inevitability,
inhibition, injunction, interdict, introversion, irresistibility,
judiciousness,
juste-milieu, legal restraint, lenity, lockup, meden agan, middle way,
mildness, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, modesty, monopoly, motive, necessity, neutrality, nonviolence, nothing in
excess, obligation,
obligement, pacifism, penning, pinch, possession, press, pressure, prohibition, protection, protectionism, protective
tariff, prudence,
push, rash impulse,
rationing, rein, remoteness, renouncement, renunciation, repose, repression, reserve, reservedness, restraint, restraint of trade,
restriction,
retardation,
reticence, reticency, retirement, retiring
disposition, retrenchment,
self-abnegation, self-command, self-conquest, self-control,
self-denial, self-discipline, self-government, self-mastery,
self-possession, self-restraint, serenity, slowing down,
soberness, sobriety, sophrosyne, spring, spur, stability, standoffishness,
steadiness, stress, subduedness, suppression, tariff wall,
temperance, temperateness, thought
control, tranquillity, unaffability, unapproachability,
uncongeniality,
undemonstrativeness,
unexcessiveness,
unexpansiveness,
unextravagance,
unextremeness,
urge, urgency, via media, violence, withdrawal, withdrawnness