Constraint

Noun

Definitionen

1.NounSomething that constrains; a restriction.

"An engineer must recognize the difference between a constraint (to work within) and a problem (to be eliminated via resolution)."

2.NounAn irresistible force or compulsion.

"They confessed, but only under severe constraint."

3.NounThe repression of one's feelings.

4.NounA condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.

5.NounA linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity.

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