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constraint Definition

con·straint (kən strānt′)

noun

  1. a constraining or being constrained; specif.,
    1. confinement or restriction
    2. compulsion or coercion
    1. repression of natural feelings or behavior
    2. forced, unnatural manner; awkwardness
  3. something that constrains

Etymology: ME constreinte < OFr: see constrain

constraint Synonyms

constraint

n.

  1. The use of force

    coercion, force, compulsion; see pressure 2, restraint 2.

  2. Shyness

    bashfulness, restraint, awkwardness, timidity; see humility, modesty 1, reserve 2, restraint 1.

  3. Confinement

    captivity, detention, restriction, limitation; see arrest 1, confinement 1.

constraint Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • hamper: Such delay indicates that the core role function of HE and FE counseling is hampered by resource constraints.

Converse of object

  • impose: Any special constraints imposed by software packages which you want to run.
  • overcome: With Gallas's versatility we can overcome more positional constraints than usual.
  • satisfy: This method reshapes the components in the specified target container in order to satisfy the constraints of the GridLayout object.
  • violate: Note that ASPASyA give us a lot of information: The violated constraints are the atoms of the security property formula which are false.
  • invoke: All person copying this information are expected to adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each author's copyright.

Adjective modifier

  • budgetary: I want to find out what the director would like to get on film, with no technical or budgetary constraints.
  • tight: In both cases, Europeâs expansion has imposed tight constraints on the UK.
  • financial: The financial constraints on builders will be relaxed by raising the public sector comparator.
  • severe: All these ecological factors lead to severe constraints and increase famine vulnerability at alarming rates.
  • temporal: Both the spatial and temporal constraints of the dissertation meant it was necessary to narrow the area of study considerably.
  • structural: Dynamic representation of structural constraints in models of serial behavior.

Modifies a noun

  • set_values: XtSetValues then calls the constraint set_values procedures so that the parent can recompute derived constraint fields and move or resize the child as appropriate.
  • satisfaction: This approach is used to guide a simple heuristic constraint satisfaction algorithm eliminating the need to explicitly define a search objective.

Noun used with modifier

  • timetabling: The availability of any combination of options will be subject to timetabling constraints.
  • scheduling: Once the scheduling constraints have been met, the engine then decides whether a task should become in progress or discarded.
  • budget: Budget constraints need to be weighed against the goal of perfect reproduction.
  • affordability: A few quotes: ' The Authority faces very real affordability constraints.. .
  • integrity: This is done by coding DTDs and integrity constraints with linear constraints on the integers.
  • timing: This notation may impose timing constraints on the process flow.
constraint Quotes

Yet once more,O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never-sere I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude, Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter constraint, and sad occasion dear, Compels me to disturb your season due For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

—Milton,John