constitutor (konstitutor)

[ Elocution is only an a istant, but not a constitutor of eloquence. Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 7. 2. One who promises to pay the debt of another. Rapalje and Lawrence. 1217 Commands are no constraints . If I obey them, I do it freely. Milton , S. A., 1. 1372. Specifically-2. Repre ion of emotion, or of the expre ion of one's thoughts and feelings; hence, embarra ment: as, he spoke with constraint. The amba ador and Fernandes were received by the Benero with an air of constraint and coolne , though with civility. Bruce , Source of the Nile, II. 315. 3. In analytical mech., the product of the ma of a particle into the square of that velocity which, compounded with the velocity the particle would have if free, would give the actual velocity. - Degree of constraint, a one-dimensional geometric condition imposed upon the po ible displacement of a body or system of bodies. Thus, if one point of the system be forced to remain on the surface of a given sphere, one degree of constraint is introduced; if one point be fixed, three degrees of constraint are introduced, etc. Kinetic constraint, the condition that a point of a system shall move in a given way. - Principle of least constraint, in analytical mech., the principle that, when there are connections between parts of a system, the motion is such as to make the sum of the constraints a mini mum. The maximum and minimum principles have at last a umed their final form in the Principle of Least Constraint established by Gau . According to him, the movements of a system of ma es, however the ma es may be connected together, take place at every moment in the utmost po ible agreement with their free movement, and therefore under the least constraint. As measure of the constraint, is taken the sum of the products of every ma into the square of its departure from free motion. Quoted in Mind , IX. 458. Syn. 1. Violence, nece ity, coercion. See force , n. constraint i vet (kon-strān'tiv), a. [ -ive .] Having power to compel. Not through any constraining nece ity, or constrain tive vow, but on a voluntary choice. R. Carew, Survey of Cornwall, fol. 127. pp. of con string ere, draw together: see constrain, constringe.] 1. To draw together in any part -2. To urge with irresistible power, or with a force sufficient to produce the effect; compel; nece itate; oblige. The seke men be not constreyned to that Fast. Mandeville , Travels, p. 134. Me thynketh, syre Reson, Men sholde constreyne no clerke to knauene werkes. Piers Plowman (C), vi. 54. unto Cæsar. Acts xxviii. 19. Cruel need I was constrained to appeal Constrain'd us, but a better time has come. Tennyson, Geraint. Pardon us, constrained to do this deed By the King's will. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 145. 3. To confine or hold by force; restrain from escape or action; repre or compre ; bind. How the strait stays the slender waist constrain. Gay. He binds in chains The drowsy prophet, and his limbs constrains . force. 4. To check; repre ; hinder; deter.-5t. To Her spotle chastity, Inhuman traitors, you constrain'd and forc'd. Shak., Tit. And., v. 2.