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Meaning of restriction | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ɹɪˈstɹɪkʃən

Definitions

  1. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted
  2. The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
    countable, uncountable
  3. A regulation or limitation that restricts
  4. A regulation or limitation that restricts.
    countable, uncountable
  5. restricting or intended to restrict. beperkend مُقَيِّد، تَقْييدي، حَصْري ограничителен restritivo omezující einschränkend restriktiv; indskrænkende περιοριστικόςrestrictivo kitsendav محدو کننده؛ دست و پا گیر rajoittava restrictifמגביל प्रतिबंधात्मक koji ograničuje, restriktivan korlátozó terbatas takmarkandi restrittivo 制限する 제한적인 ribojantis, varžantis ierobežojošs secara terhad beperkendrestriktiv, innskrenkende ograniczający بنديز لګوونكى، مخه نيوونكى، ايسارونكى restritivo restrictiv ограни...
  6. The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material
  7. The action of restricting or the state of being restricted: the country's restriction of immigration.
  8. The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.
    countable, uncountable
  9. Something that restricts; a regulation or limitation: a restriction banning dogs from the beach.
  10. something that restricts; a restrictive measure, law, etc
  11. the act of restricting or the state of being restricted
  12. (Logic) logic maths a condition that imposes a constraint on the possible values of a variable or on the domain of arguments of a function
    logic
  13. (Mathematics) logic maths a condition that imposes a constraint on the possible values of a variable or on the domain of arguments of a function
    logic
  14. something that restricts.
  15. the act of restricting.
  16. the state of being restricted.

Equivalents

Български ограничение
Català restricció
Čeština omezení
Ελληνικά περιορισμός
Français restriction
Gaeilge teorannú
Italiano restrizione
日本語 制限
한국어 제한
Македонски ограничување
Nederlands beperking
Português restrição
Română restricție
Русский ограничение
Українська обме́ження
Tiếng Việt hạn chế

Examples

“In the year 1819, Sir Robert Peel brought in a bill, and which finally passed both houses, and received the royal assent on the 2nd July, for continuing the restrictions contained in several acts of parliament, on payments in cash by the bank of England, until the 1st day of May, 1823, and to provide for the gradual resumption of cash payments: [...] VIII. After the first day of May, 1822, the bank of England, if they shall think fit, may pay or exchange the lawful coin of the realm, for any of their own notes, payable on demand.”
“Echinorhagata is likewise supported by typical echinoderid autapomorphies, inclusive the number of trichoscalids that is reduced from 14 to 6; restriction of lateral accessory spines to females only; and an apparent restriction of the middorsal spines to appear only on segments 4 to 8.”

CEFR level

C2
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