constrain
verbEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *streyg-der. Latin stringō Latin cōnstringōder. Old French constreindrebor. Middle English constreinen English constrain From Middle English constreinen, from Old French constreindre, from Latin cōnstringō, from cōn- (“with, together”) + stringō (“to draw, bind or tie tight”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”).
- derived from *streyg-✻
- derived from cōnstringō
- derived from constreindre
- inherited from constreinen
Definitions
To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring
To force physically, by strong persuasion or pressuring; to compel; to oblige.
To keep within close bounds
To keep within close bounds; to confine.
- But it's not just Castlefield Corridor capacity that constrains services. All the junctions on the lines feeding into the corridor are flat, so they create conflict points as trains pass.
To reduce a result in response to limited resources.
The neighborhood
- neighborconstraint
- neighborconstrict
- neighborrestrain
- neighborstrain
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at constrain. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at constrain. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at constrain
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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