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ˈstrɪn dʒəntstrin·gent

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rigorous, stringent, tightadjective

    demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

    "rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety measures"

Wiktionary

  1. stringentadjective

    Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe

    They have stringent quality requirements outlining what is acceptable.

  2. Etymology: From stringens, stringentem, from stringō.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Stringentadjective

    Binding; contracting.

    Etymology: stringens, Latin.

Wikipedia

  1. stringent

    The stringent response, also called stringent control, is a stress response of bacteria and plant chloroplasts in reaction to amino-acid starvation, fatty acid limitation, iron limitation, heat shock and other stress conditions. The stringent response is signaled by the alarmone (p)ppGpp, and modulates transcription of up to 1/3 of all genes in the cell. This in turn causes the cell to divert resources away from growth and division and toward amino acid synthesis in order to promote survival until nutrient conditions improve.

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  1. stringent

    Stringent refers to rules, requirements, or conditions that are very strict, precise, and highly exact or severe. It can also describe a situation or decision characterized by rigorousness, strictness, or inflexibility.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stringentadjective

    binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules

  2. Etymology: [L. stringens, -entis, p. pr. of stringere to draw or bind tight. See Strain.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Stringent

    strin′jent, adj. binding strongly: urgent.—n. Strin′gency, state or quality of being stringent: severe pressure.—advs. Stringen′do (mus.) hastening the time; Strin′gently, in a stringent manner.—n. Strin′gentness. [L. stringens, -entis, pr.p. of stringĕre.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stringent in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stringent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of stringent in a Sentence

  1. Chen Chien-jen:

    Very careful contact tracing, and very stringent quarantines of close contacts are the best way to contain Covid-19.

  2. Ulysses S. Grant:

    I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.

  3. Dan Patterson:

    Missouri protects the right to open carry a firearm, but that right does not allow an individual to act in a reckless and criminal manner, endangering other citizens, as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously explained,' The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man... falsely shouting fire in a theater, causing a panic.'.

  4. Mayor Scott Singer:

    Our staff has been doing comprehensive inventory of our buildings. But not to serve only family residences but also our commercial buildings to figure out what's the most appropriate, i thought it was very important that we be proactive, that we put in more stringent requirements, and we ensure people that we're taking greater steps for their safety.

  5. Warren Lau:

    Ninety percent of VTech's revenue comes from developed markets where consumer protection policies are more stringent, it comes at an unfortunate time as well, a few weeks away from Christmas.

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