restriction (noun)
1restriction — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ draconian, harsh, severe, strict, stringent, strong, tight, tough ▪ major, significant …
2restriction — ► NOUN 1) a limiting condition or measure. 2) the action of restricting or the state of being restricted …
3restriction endonuclease — noun any of the enzymes that cut nucleic acid at specific restriction sites and produce restriction fragments; obtained from bacteria (where they cripple viral invaders); used in recombinant DNA technology • Syn: ↑restriction nuclease,… …
4restriction — re‧stric‧tion [rɪˈstrɪkʆn] noun [countable] an official rule that limits or controls what people can do or what is allowed to happen: • Construction lending has been badly hit by restrictions on loans. • It plans to relax the tough import… …
5restriction — re·stric·tion n 1: something that restricts: as a: a regulation that restricts or restrains b: a limitation on the use or enjoyment of property or a facility 2 a: an act of restricting b: the state of being restricted …
6restriction enzyme — noun any of the enzymes that cut nucleic acid at specific restriction sites and produce restriction fragments; obtained from bacteria (where they cripple viral invaders); used in recombinant DNA technology • Syn: ↑restriction endonuclease,… …
7restriction nuclease — noun any of the enzymes that cut nucleic acid at specific restriction sites and produce restriction fragments; obtained from bacteria (where they cripple viral invaders); used in recombinant DNA technology • Syn: ↑restriction endonuclease,… …
8restriction — noun 1) there is no restriction on the number of places Syn: limitation, limit, constraint, control, check, curb; condition, proviso, qualification 2) the restriction of personal freedom Syn: reduction, limitation …
9restriction — noun 1) there is no restriction on the number of places Syn: limitation, constraint, control, check, curb 2) the restriction of personal freedom Syn: reduction, limitation, diminution, curtailment 3) …
10restriction — noun Etymology: Middle English restriccioun, from Anglo French restriction, from Late Latin restriction , restrictio, from Latin restringere Date: 15th century 1. something that restricts: as a. a regulation that restricts or restrains <… …
