restriction

English

Etymology

From Middle English restriccioun, from Anglo-Norman restriction, Middle French restriction, and their source, Late Latin restrictiō, from Latin restringō.

Morphologically restrict +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkʃən
• Hyphenation: re‧stric‧tion

Noun

restriction (countable and uncountable, plural restrictions)

1. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
2. A regulation or limitation that restricts.
   • 1835, Thomas Stephen, “The Rise, Progress, and Gradual Improvement of the Laws of England”, in The Book of the Constitution of Great Britain: […], Glasgow, Edinburgh: Blackie & Son, […]; Dublin: W. Curry, Jun., & Co.; London: Simpkin & Marshall, →OCLC, pages 275–276:

     In the year 1819, Sir Robert Peel brought in a bill, and which finally passed both houses, and received the royal assent on the 2nd July, for continuing the restrictions contained in several acts of parliament, on payments in cash by the bank of England, until the 1st day of May, 1823, and to provide for the gradual resumption of cash payments: [...] VIII. After the first day of May, 1822, the bank of England, if they shall think fit, may pay or exchange the lawful coin of the realm, for any of their own notes, payable on demand.

3. (biology) The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.
   • 2015 July 23, “Phylogeny of Kinorhyncha Based on Morphology and Two Molecular Loci”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Echinorhagata is likewise supported by typical echinoderid autapomorphies, inclusive the number of trichoscalids that is reduced from 14 to 6; restriction of lateral accessory spines to females only; and an apparent restriction of the middorsal spines to appear only on segments 4 to 8.

Usage notes

• It is often used with the preposition "on", i.e., "restriction on something".

Derived terms

• field restriction
• restriction enzyme
• value restriction
• width restriction

Related terms

• restrict
• restrain
• restraint
• constriction

Translations

act or state

• Arabic: تقييد
• Belarusian: абмежаванне n (abmježavannje)
• Bulgarian: ограничаване (bg) n (ograničavane)
• Catalan: restricció f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 限制 (zh) (xiànzhì)

• Czech: omezení (cs) n
• Dutch: beperking (nl) f
• Estonian: piiramine
• Finnish: rajoittaminen (fi)
• French: restriction (fr) f
• German: Beschränkung (de) f, Verbot (de) n
• Greek: περιορισμός (el) m (periorismós)
• Irish: teorannú m
• Italian: restrizione (it) f
• Japanese: 制限 (ja)
• Korean: 제한(制限) (ko) (jehan)
• Lithuanian: apribojimas m
• Macedonian: ограничување n (ograničuvanje)
• Russian: ограниче́ние (ru) n (ograničénije)
• Spanish: restricción (es) f
• Ukrainian: обмеження n (obmežennja)
• Vietnamese: hạn chế (vi) (限制)

regulation or limitation

• Arabic: قيد
• Belarusian: абмежаванне n (abmježavannje)
• Bulgarian: ограничение (bg) n (ograničenie)
• Catalan: restricció f
• Czech: omezení (cs) n
• Estonian: piirang
• Finnish: rajoitus (fi), rajoite (fi)
• German: Beschränkung (de) f, Einschränkung (de) f
• Italian: restrizione (it) f
• Lithuanian: apribojimas m
• Macedonian: ограничување n (ograničuvanje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: restriksjon m

  Nynorsk: restriksjon m

• Polish: restrykcja (pl) f, obostrzenie (pl) n
• Romanian: restricție (ro) f
• Russian: ограниче́ние (ru) n (ograničénije)
• Sanskrit: अवधारण (sa) n (avadhāraṇa)
• Spanish: restricción (es) f
• Swedish: restriktion (sv) c, begränsning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: обмеження n (obmežennja)

degradation of DNA

• French: restriction (fr)
• Italian: restrizione (it) f
• Portuguese: restrição (pt)
• Spanish: restricción (es)

Anagrams

• tortricines

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French restriction, from Old French restriction, borrowed from Late Latin restrictiōnem, from Latin restringō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛs.tʁik.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

restriction f (plural restrictions)

1. restriction (limitation; constraint)

Related terms

• restreindre
• restreint

Further reading

• “restriction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin restrictio, restrictionem, from Latin restringo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛstɾikˈt͡sjun/

Noun

restriction oblique singular, f (oblique plural restrictions, nominative singular restriction, nominative plural restrictions)

1. restriction (limitation; constraint)

Related terms

• restreindre

Descendants

• English: restriction
• French: restriction

References

• restriction on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub