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English

Etymology

From Latin circumscr?b?, from circum (“around”) + scr?b? (“write”). Surface analysis: circum- +? scribe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??.k?m.sk?a?b/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?.k?m.sk?a?b/
• Rhymes: -a?b

Verb

circumscribe (third-person singular simple present circumscribes, present participle circumscribing, simple past and past participle circumscribed)

1. To draw a line around; to encircle.
2. To limit narrowly; to restrict.
3. (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

Related terms

• circumscript
• circumscription

Translations

Latin

Verb

circumscr?be

1. second-person singular present active imperative of circumscr?b?

English

Etymology

From Middle English constreynt, constreynte, from Old French constreinte, past participle of constreindre (“to constrain”), from Latin c?nstring? (corresponding to the past participle c?nstrictus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?st?e?nt/
• Rhymes: -e?nt

Noun

constraint (countable and uncountable, plural constraints)

1. Something that constrains; a restriction.
2. An irresistible force or compulsion.
3. The repression of one's feelings.
4. (mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
5. (databases) A linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity.

Derived terms

• constraint satisfaction

Related terms

• constrain
• constrict
• restraint

Translations

Further reading

• constraint on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• in contrast