restriction

/ษนษชหˆstษนษชkสƒษ™n/

IPA: /R IY0 S T R IH1 K SH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    The act of restricting, or the state of being restricted.

  2. 2

    A regulation or limitation that restricts.

  3. 3

    The mechanism by which a cell degrades foreign DNA material.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/restriction