constraint
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English constreynt, constreynte, from Old French constreinte, past participle of constreindre (“to constrain”), from Latin cōnstringō (corresponding to the past participle cōnstrictus).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kənˈstɹeɪnt/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kənˈstɹæɪnt/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
- Rhymes: -eɪnt
Noun
[edit]constraint (countable and uncountable, plural constraints)
- Something that constrains; a restriction.
- Coordinate term: problem
- An engineer must recognize the difference between a constraint (to work within) and a problem (to be eliminated via resolution).
- An irresistible force or compulsion.
- They confessed, but only under severe constraint.
- The repression of one's feelings.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
- (databases) A linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity.
Derived terms
[edit]- budget constraint
- constraint cluster
- constrainted
- constraintive
- constraintless
- constraint logic programming
- constraint satisfaction
- Hamiltonian constraint
- holonomic constraint
- integrity constraint
- liquidity constraint
- markedness constraint
- metaconstraint
- multiconstraint
- nonconstraint
- subconstraint
- theory of constraints
- time constraint
- unconstraint
- unconstrainted
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]something that constrains
mathematics: condition to a solution
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Further reading
[edit]- constraint on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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