RESTRICTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does restriction mean? 

• RESTRICTION (noun)
  The noun RESTRICTION has 3 senses:

1. a principle that limits the extent of something

2. an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

3. the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

  Familiarity information: RESTRICTION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESTRICTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A principle that limits the extent of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

limitation; restriction

Context example:

I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements

Hypernyms ("restriction" is a kind of...):

regulation; rule (a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "restriction"):

narrowness (a restriction of range or scope)

quantification (a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers 'some' or 'all' or 'no'))

restraint (a rule or condition that limits freedom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

limitation; restriction

Hypernyms ("restriction" is a kind of...):

regulating; regulation (the act of controlling or directing according to rule)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "restriction"):

load-shedding (cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply)

arms control (a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country)

hold-down (a limitation or constraint)

freeze (fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level)

clampdown (sudden restriction on an activity)

Derivation:

restrict (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

restrict (place restrictions on)

restrict (place under restrictions; limit access to by law)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

confinement; restriction

Context example:

the restriction of the infection to a focal area

Hypernyms ("restriction" is a kind of...):

restraint (the act of controlling by restraining someone or something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "restriction"):

classification (restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people)

specification; stipulation (a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement)

circumscription (the act of circumscribing)

constraint (the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others)

Derivation:

restrict (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

 Context examples 

The specific restriction enzyme site within a vector into which an insert was placed.

(Cloning Site, NCI Thesaurus)

Dietary restriction has been shown in a variety of animal models to have many health benefits.

(Health Effects of a Diet that Mimics Fasting, NIH)

Uses PCR and/or restriction enzymes to generate short dsDNA molecules spanning a sequence of interest.

(Conformation Dependent Mutation Detection, NCI Thesaurus/OSP)

In addition, their work reveals that even trivial restrictions on food intake (that is, temporary diets) are associated with a reduction in pleasure.

(Obesity and food restrictions proven to be associated with less food enjoyment, University of Granada)

In this technique, a restriction fragment containing a specific binding site is labeled at one end and digested with DNAseI.

(DNase-I Footprinting, NCI Thesaurus)

The act or process of removing restrictions and controls.

(Deregulation, NCI Thesaurus)

CETP B1 contains a polymorphic TaqI restriction site in intron 1, absent in CETP B2.

(CETP 1 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Zhang says a few populations may benefit from certain supplements, including the elderly — who often struggle to absorb nutrients from food — and those with dietary restrictions that may lead to deficiencies.

(Healthy Diet Can't Be Replaced by Vitamins, Supplements, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

When they deleted a gene for an H2S-producing enzyme in mice, the protective effects of dietary restriction were lost.

(Pathways Underlying the Benefits of Calorie Restriction, NIH)

Calorie restriction was found to improve risk factors for the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and related deaths well below clinical risk thresholds.

(Moderate calorie restriction in young and middle-aged adults significantly reduces heart and metabolic risk factors independent of weight loss, National Institutes of Health)