Bound vs Stride - What's the difference?
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(mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
(dated) constipated; costive
(often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
(mathematics) a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values
To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
(mathematics) To be the boundary of.
A sizeable jump, great leap.
A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
(dated) A bounce; a rebound.
To leap, move by jumping.
To cause to leap.
(dated) To rebound; to bounce.
(dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
(obsolete) ready, prepared.
ready, able to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
To walk with long steps.
* Dryden
To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.
To pass over at a step; to step over.
* Shakespeare
To straddle; to bestride.
* Shakespeare
A long step.
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(computing) The number of memory locations between successive elements in an array, pixels in a bitmap, etc.
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English irregular verbs
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Bound is a related term of stride.
As verbs the difference between bound and stride
is that bound is (bind) or bound can be to surround a territory or other geographical entity or bound can be to leap, move by jumping while stride is .As an adjective bound
is (with infinitive) obliged (to) or bound can be (obsolete) ready, prepared.As a noun bound
is (often|used in plural) a boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory or bound can be a sizeable jump, great leap.bound
English
Alternative forms
* bownd (archaic)Etymology 1
See bindVerb
(head)citation, passage=“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound , on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck?; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”}}
- ''I bound the splint to my leg.
- ''I had bound the splint with duct tape.
Adjective
(-)citation, passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.}}
Antonyms
* freeDerived terms
* bound to * I'll be boundEtymology 2
From (etyl) bounde, from (etyl) bunne, fromNoun
(en noun)- I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.
- Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.
Derived terms
* boundary * boundless * harmonic bounding * least upper bound * lower bound * metes and bounds * out of bounds * upper bound * within boundsVerb
(en verb)- ''France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain.
- ''Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west.
Derived terms
* unbound * unboundedEtymology 3
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- ''The deer crossed the stream in a single bound .
- the bound of a ball
- (Johnson)
Derived terms
* by leaps and boundsVerb
(en verb)- ''The rabbit bounded down the lane.
- to bound a horse
- (Shakespeare)
- a rubber ball bounds on the floor
- to bound a ball on the floor
Derived terms
* reboundEtymology 4
Alteration of boun , with -d partly for euphonic effect and partly by association with Etymology 1, above.Adjective
(en adjective)- ''Which way are you bound ?
- ''Is that message bound for me?
Derived terms
* -bound * bound forstride
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
- Mars in the middle of the shining shield / Is graved, and strides along the liquid field.
- a debtor that not dares to stride a limit
- I mean to stride your steed.
Usage notes
* The past participle of (term) is extremely rare and mostly obsolete. Many people have trouble producing a form that feels natural.Language Log][http://www.languagehat.com/archives/003282.php Language Hat
Etymology 2
See the above verb.Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Still, a dozen men with rifles, and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane, and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride .}}
citation, page= , passage=An utterly emphatic 5-0 victory was ultimately capped by two wonder strikes in the last two minutes from Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner. Before that, England had utterly dominated to take another purposeful stride towards the 2013 European Championship in Israel. They have already established a five-point buffer at the top of Group Eight. }}
- This stride value is generally equal to the pixel width of the bitmap times the number of bytes per pixel, but for performance reasons it might be rounded
