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constraint
A restriction on the natural degrees of freedom of a system. If n and m are the numbers of the natural and actual degrees of freedom, the difference n − m is the number of constraints. In principle n = 3N, where N is the number of particles, for example, atoms. In practice n is determined by the number of effectively rigid components.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Science
- Category: General science
- Company: McGraw-Hill
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