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English Dictionary: strict	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strict adj rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian" Synonym(s): rigorous, strict (of rules) stringently enforced; "hard-and-fast rules" Synonym(s): hard-and-fast, strict characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint Synonym(s): nonindulgent, strict Antonym(s): indulgent incapable of compromise or flexibility Synonym(s): rigid, strict severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" Synonym(s): stern, strict, exacting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strict \Strict\, a. [Compar. {Stricter}; superl. {Strictest}.] [L. strictus, p. p. of stringere to draw or bind tight, to strain. See {Strain}, and cf. {Strait}, a.] 1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. --Dryden. 2. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber. 3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention. --Shak. It shall be still in strictest measure. --Milton. 4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath. [bd]Through the strict senteries.[b8] --Milton. 5. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense. 6. (Bot.) Upright, or straight and narrow; -- said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. Syn: Exact; accurate; nice; close; rigorous; severe. Usage: {Strict}, {Severe}. Strict, applied to a person, denotes that he conforms in his motives and acts to a principle or code by which he is bound; severe is strict with an implication often, but not always, of harshness. Strict is opposed to lax; severe is opposed to gentle. And rules as strict his labored work confine, As if the Stagirite o'erlooked each line. --Pope. Soon moved with touch of blame, thus Eve: - [bd]What words have passed thy lips, Adam severe![b8] --Milton. {The Strict Observance}, [or] {Friars of the Strict Observance}. (R. C. Ch.) See {Observance}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
strict A function f is strict in an argument if f bottom = bottom (See {bottom}). In other words, the result depends on the argument so evaluation of an application of the function cannot terminate until evaluation of the argument has terminated. If the result is only {bottom} when the argument is bottom then the function is also {bottom-unique}. See also {strict evaluation}, {hyperstrict}. (1995-01-25)