stringent

(strĭn'jənt)
adj.

1. Imposing rigorous standards of performance; severe: stringent safety measures.
2. Constricted; tight: operating under a stringent time limit.
3. Characterized by scarcity of money, credit restrictions, or other financial strain: stringent economic policies.

[Latin stringēns, stringent-, present participle of stringere, to draw tight.]

stringency strin'gen·cy n.
stringently strin'gent·ly adv.

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adj

Definition: rigid, tight
Antonyms: flexible, inexact, lenient, tolerant

IN BRIEF: Rigid in setting standards.

There are books . . . which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences, so medicinal, so stringent, so revolutionary, so authoritative. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

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(in molecular biology) the rigour with which the ability of complementary DNA sequences to recognize each other (and thus to hybridize) is tested. It is affected by temperature, ionic strength, and the presence of destabilizing agents such as formamide. As temperature is increased it becomes less likely that more distantly related sequences will hybridize; hence, high stringency is associated with high temperature. Low ionic strength also gives high stringency.

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• Moderate, Sane, Conservative, or Old-Fashioned

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Common misspelling(s) of stringent

• stingent

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stringent, streng, stram

Nederlands (Dutch)
strikt, beperkt

Français (French)
adj. - rigoureux, formel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - streng, hart, überzeugend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αυστηρός (στην τήρηση κανόνων κ.λπ.), επιτακτικός, πιεστικός, άτεγκτος

Italiano (Italian)
stringente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - rigoroso

Русский (Russian)
строгий, срочный, испытывающий нехватку

Español (Spanish)
adj. - severo, estricto, riguroso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sträng, eftertrycklig, drastisk, logisk, tvingande, kärv, stram

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
迫切的, 严厉的, 银根紧的, 令人信服的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 迫切的, 嚴厲的, 銀根緊的, 令人信服的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 엄중한, 긴급한, 설득력 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 厳重な, 切迫した, 厳格な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قاسيه, صارمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מחמיר, חמור, קפדני, מצומצם, מוגבל, דחוק בכסף‬

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