Strict

adjective, stricter, strictest.
1.
characterized by or acting in close conformity to requirements or principles:
a strict observance of rituals.
2.
stringent or exacting in or in enforcing rules, requirements, obligations, etc.:
strict laws; a strict judge.
3.
closely or rigorously enforced or maintained:
strict silence.
4.
exact or precise:
a strict statement of facts.
5.
extremely defined or conservative; narrowly or carefully limited:
a strict construction of the Constitution.
6.
close, careful, or minute:
a strict search.
7.
absolute, perfect, or complete; utmost:
told in strict confidence.
8.
stern; severe; austere:
strict parents.
9.
Obsolete. drawn tight or close.
adjective
1.
adhering closely to specified rules, ordinances, etc: a strict faith
2.
complied with or enforced stringently; rigorous: a strict code of conduct
3.
severely correct in attention to rules of conduct or morality: a strict teacher
4.
(of a punishment, etc) harsh; severe
5.
(prenominal) complete; absolute: in strict secrecy
6.
(logic, maths, of a relation)

applying more narrowly than some other relation often given the same name, as strict inclusion, which holds only between pairs of sets that are distinct, while simple inclusion permits the case in which they are identical See also proper (sense 9), ordering
distinguished from a relation of the same name that is not the subject of formal study

7.
(botany, rare) very straight, narrow, and upright: strict panicles

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)