constraint
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
The state of being restricted or prevented.
Framework senses
- §1
- The state of being restricted or prevented.
- §1
- A limitation or implied requirement that constrains the design solution or implementation of the systems engineering process and is not changeable by the enterprise
- §1
- Specification of what may be contained in a data or metadata set in terms of the content or, for data only, in terms of the set of key combinations to which specific attributes (defined by the data structure) may be attached.
- §1
- the act of constraining
- §2
- a device that retards something's motion
- §3
- the state of being physically constrained