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restrict

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restring? (draw back tightly; restrain, restrict), from re- (back, again) + string? (press, tighten, compress). Doublet of ristretto as an adjective.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???st??kt/
  • Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

restrict (third-person singular simple present restricts, present participle restricting, simple past and past participle restricted)

  1. To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
  2. (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
    If we restrict sine to [ ? ? 2 , ? 2 ] {\displaystyle [-{\frac {\pi }{2}},{\frac {\pi }{2}}]} , we can define its inverse.

Synonyms

  • (to restrain within bounds): limit, bound, circumscribe, withstrain, restrain, repress, curb, coerce

Related terms

  • restriction
  • restraint
  • restrain

Translations

Adjective

restrict (comparative more restrict, superlative most restrict)

  1. (obsolete) Restricted.

Anagrams

  • critters, stricter

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restricting

English

Verb

restricting

  1. present participle of restrict

Adjective

restricting (comparative more restricting, superlative most restricting)

  1. serving to restrict

Translations

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