restrict
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin restrictus, perfect passive participle of restringō (“draw back tightly; restrain, restrict”), from re- (“back, again”) + stringō (“press, tighten, compress”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪkt
Verb [edit]
restrict (third-person singular simple present restricts, present participle restricting, simple past and past participle restricted)
- To restrain within bounds; to limit; to confine; as, to restrict worlds to a particular meaning; to restrict a patient to a certain diet.
- 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, BBC Sport:
- It was no less than Valencia deserved after dominating possession in the final 20 minutes although Chelsea defended resolutely and restricted the Spanish side to shooting from long range.
- 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, BBC Sport:
- (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
- If we restrict sine to
![[-\frac\pi2,\frac\pi2]](//upload.wikimedia.org/math/5/b/6/5b612f4267ef6b44e6d75a12f3ad32bc.png)
, we can define its inverse.
- If we restrict sine to
![[-\frac\pi2,\frac\pi2]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/5/b/6/5b612f4267ef6b44e6d75a12f3ad32bc.png)
, we can define its inverse.Translations [edit]
to restrain within bounds
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to consider (a function) as defined on a smaller domain
