constricted

adj 1: (phonetics) especially tense; especially in some dialects

2: drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension

psychologically; "a constricted blood vessel"; "a

constricted view of life" [ant: {unconstricted}]

3: inhibited; "when modern man feels socially constricted his

first impulse is to move"

constructor

1. In {functional programming} and {type

theory}, one of the symbols used to create an object with an

{algebraic data type}.

2. A function provided by a {class} in {C::} and some other

{object-oriented languages} to {instantiate} an object,

i.e. to name it and initialise it. The constructor function

has the same name as the class. A class may also have a

{destructor} function to destroy objects of that class.

(1994-10-20)