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restraint | x |

As a noun restraint

is (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

restraint

English

(wikipedia restraint)

Noun

  • (countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures
    • Make sure all the restraints are tight.
  • (uncountable) control or caution; reserve
    • Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.
  • * November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
    • City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.

    Related terms

    * constraint * restrain

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----