constraint

Meaning

Noun

• Something that constrains; a restriction.
• An irresistible force or compulsion.
• The repression of one's feelings.
• A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
• A linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity.

Origin

• From Middle English constreynt, constreynte, from Old French constreinte, past participle of constreindre, from Latin cōnstringō (corresponding to the past participle cōnstrictus).