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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

制限装置

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: seigen sōchi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Restrictor/rɪˈstrɪk.tər/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"シャワーヘッドに流量制限装置が取り付けられています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device or mechanism designed to limit or regulate the flow, speed, or movement of something.

    "The plumber installed a flow restrictor in the showerhead to conserve water."
  2. 2

    A rule, condition, or factor that restricts or holds back progress or capability.

    "Bandwidth serves as a major restrictor for high-definition live streaming."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'restrictus', past participle of 'restringere' (meaning to bind fast, draw back, or restrain). It entered the English language in the late 16th century via French, evolving to describe any mechanical device, rule, or substance that serves to limit, confine, or regulate flow, movement, or capacity.

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