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IPA: /kənˈstreɪnt/,
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪnt|-eɪnt

Etymology

, from constrainte, from verb constraindre (French: contraindre)

Noun

something that constrains
A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Constraint \Con*straint"\, n. [OF. constrainte, F. constrainte.]
The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained;
that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion;
restraint; necessity.
[1913 Webster]

Long imprisonment and hard constraint. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]

Not by constraint, but by my choice, I came. --Dryden.

Syn: Compulsion; violence; necessity; urgency.

Usage: Constraint, Compulsion. Constraint implies strong
binding force; as, the constraint of necessity; the
constraint of fear. Compulsion implies the exertion of
some urgent impelling force; as, driven by compulsion.
The former prevents us from acting agreeably to our
wishes; the latter forces us to act contrary to our
will. Compulsion is always produced by some active
agent; a constraint may be laid upon us by the forms
of civil society, or by other outward circumstances.
--Crabb.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet constraint
n 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

Moby Dictionary
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

FOLDOC constraint

A Boolean relation, often an
equality or ineqality relation, between the values of one or
more mathematical variables (often two). E.g. x>3 is a
constraint on x. constraint satisfaction attempts to assign
values to variables so that all constraints are true.

Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.constraints. {FAQ
(http://www.cs.unh.edu/ccc/archive/)}.

(2002-06-08)

CONSTRAINT. In the civil and Scottish law, by this term is understood what, in the common law, is known by the name of duress. 2. It is a general rule, that when one is compelled into a contract, there is no effectual consent, though, ostensibly, there is the form of it. In such case the contract will be declared void. 3. The constraint requisite thus to annul a contract, must be a vis aut me us qui cadet in constantem virum, such as would shake a man of firmness and resolution. 3 Ersk. 1, Sec. 16; and 4, 1, Sec. 26; 1 Bell's Conn. B. 3, part 1, o. 1, s. 1, art. 1, page 295.

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