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restriction

noun
/ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English restriccioun, from Anglo-Norman restriction, Middle French restriction, and their source, Late Latin restrictiō, from Latin restringō. Morphologically restrict + -ion.

  1. derived from restringō
  2. derived from restrictiō
  3. derived from restriction
  4. derived from restriction
  5. inherited from restriccioun

Definitions

  1. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.

  2. A regulation or limitation that restricts.

  3. The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.

The neighborhood

Derived

antirestriction, counterrestriction, endorestriction, field restriction, georestriction, macrorestriction, nonrestriction, overrestriction, restrictionary, restriction enzyme, restrictionism, restrictionist, restrictionless, value restriction, width restriction

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at restriction. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at restriction. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at restriction

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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