ALL meanings of constraint
con·straint
C c - countable noun constraint A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do. 3
- uncountable noun constraint Constraint is control over the way you behave which prevents you from doing what you want to do. 3
- noun constraint compulsion, force, or restraint 3
- noun constraint repression or control of natural feelings or impulses 3
- noun constraint a forced unnatural manner; inhibition 3
- noun constraint something that serves to constrain; restrictive condition 3
- noun constraint any very general restriction on a sentence formation rule 3
- noun constraint a constraining or being constrained 3
- noun constraint confinement or restriction 3
- noun constraint compulsion or coercion 3
- noun constraint repression of natural feelings or behavior 3
- noun constraint forced, unnatural manner; awkwardness 3
- noun constraint something that constrains 3
- noun constraint A limitation or restriction. 1
- noun Technical meaning of constraint (programming, mathematics) A Boolean relation, often an equality or ineqality relation, between the values of one or more mathematical variables. E.g. x>3 is a constraint on x. The process of constraint satisfaction attempts to assign values to variables so that all constraints are true. 1
- noun constraint limit 1
- noun constraint stiff manner 1
- noun constraint repression of emotion 1
- noun constraint condition that restricts sth 1
- noun constraint limitation or restriction. 1
- noun constraint repression of natural feelings and impulses: to practice constraint. 1
- noun constraint unnatural restraint in manner, conversation, etc.; embarrassment. 1
- noun constraint something that constrains. 1
- noun constraint the act of constraining. 1
- noun constraint the condition of being constrained. 1
- noun constraint Linguistics. a restriction on the operation of a linguistic rule or the occurrence of a linguistic construction. 1
- noun constraint Something that constrains; a restriction. 0
- noun constraint (mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy. 0