CONSTRAINT meaning: Limitation or restriction on something

We found 38 dictionaries that define the word Constraint:

General (25 matching dictionaries)

constraint: Merriam-Webster
constraint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
constraint: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
constraint: Collins English Dictionary
constraint: Vocabulary.com
Constraint, constraint: Wordnik
constraint: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
constraint: Wiktionary
constraint: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
constraint: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
constraint: Infoplease Dictionary
Constraint, constraint: Dictionary.com
constraint: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Constraint (classical mechanics), Constraint (computational chemistry), Constraint (computer-aided design), Constraint (database), Constraint (information theory), Constraint (mathematics), Constraint: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Constraint: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
constraint: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
constraint: Rhymezone
Constraint: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
constraint: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
constraint: FreeDictionary.org
constraint: Mnemonic Dictionary
constraint: TheFreeDictionary.com
constraint: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)

Literary Criticism (No longer online)

Business (4 matching dictionaries)

CONSTRAINT: Accounting Glossary
Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
Constraint (disambiguation), constraint: Legal dictionary
BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)

constraint: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
Constraint: Cybernetics and Systems
Constraint (disambiguation), Constraint (mathematics), constraint: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)

Constraint: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
Mathematical Programming (No longer online)
FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (constraint)

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

Opposite:

freedom, liberty, flexibility, openness, permissiveness

Types:

time constraint, budget constraint, resource constraint, legal constraint, ethical constraint, physical constraint, more...

Phrases:

budget constraint, Constraint satisfaction, Constraint programming, integrity constraint, binding constraint, more...

Adjectives:

major, additional, important, external, second, only, serious, binding, key, foreign, main

Colors:

gray, black, dark blue, charcoal, gunmetal, more...

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