constrain

1 hold back [syn: restrain, encumber, cumber]

2 restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" [syn: stiffen, tighten, tighten up]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪn

Verb

1. to force physically, by strong persuasion or pressurizing; to compel; to oblige
2. to keep within close bounds; to confine
3. to reduce a result in response to limited resources

Translations

• French: astreindre, contraindre
• Finnish: pakottaa
• German: behindern, einschränken, limitieren
• Ido: obligar, koaktar
• Norwegian: begrense
• Old English: bǣdan
• Russian: принуждать (prinuždát’)
• Spanish: constreñir, limitar, restringir, obligar
• Swedish: begränsa
• Turkish: zorlamak

Derived terms

• constraint

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

• Restraint

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