constr.

Noun

construction (countable and uncountable, plural constructions)

1. The process of constructing.
   • Construction is underway on the new bridge.
2. Anything that has been constructed.
   • The engineer marvelled at his construction.
3. The trade of building structures.
   • He had worked in construction all his life.
4. A building, model or some other structure.
   • The office was a construction of steel and glass.
5. A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
   • "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.
6. The manner in which something is built.
   • A thing of simple construction.

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Noun

constraint (countable and uncountable, plural constraints)

1. Something that constrains; a restriction.
   • An engineer must recognize the difference between a constraint (to work within) and a problem (to be eliminated via resolution).
2. An irresistible force or compulsion.
   • They confessed, but only under severe constraint.
3. The repression of one's feelings.
   • Although his blood so rose against this man, and his wrath so stirred within him, that he could have struck him dead, he put such fierce constraint upon himself that he passed him without a word or look. Yes, and he would have gone on, and not turned, though to resist the Devil who poured such hot...1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. (please specify the chapter number)”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC
4. A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
5. A linkage or other restriction that maintains database integrity.