Strict

a.	1.	Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.
	2.	Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber.
	3.	Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention. 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.
	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. 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: - "What words have passed thy lips, Adam severe!" - Milton. The Strict Observance (R. C. Ch.) See Observance.

Adj.	1.	strict - (of rules) stringently enforced; "hard-and-fast rules" Synonyms: hard-and-fast
	2.	strict - rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard; "rigorous application of the law"; "a strict vegetarian" Synonyms: rigorous
	3.	strict - incapable of compromise or flexibility Synonyms: rigid
	4.	strict - not indulgent; "strict parents" Synonyms: nonindulgent
	5.	strict - unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing" Synonyms: spartan, severe
	6.	strict - severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards" Synonyms: exacting, stern

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.

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