restriction
The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.
Other meanings
A regulation or limitation that restricts.
The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.
Related words
- antirestriction
- counterrestriction
- endorestriction
- georestriction
- macrorestriction
- nonrestriction
- overrestriction
- restrictionary
- restrictionism
- restrictionist
- restrictionless
- restriction enzyme
Word history
From Latin "restringō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “restriction” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.