| strict | 1. Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature. 2. Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fibre. 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. "Through the strict senteries." 5. Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense. 6. <botany> Upright, or straight and narrow; said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. Synonym: Exact, accurate, nice, close, rigorous, severe. 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: - "What words have passed thy lips, Adam severe!"" (Milton) The Strict Observance, or Friars of the Strict Observance. See Observance. Origin: L. Strictus, p.p. Of stringere to draw or bind tight, to strain. See Strain, and cf. Strait. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| anaerobe | A microorganism that either does not require oxygen or actually cannotlive in the presence of oyxgen. (09 Oct 1997) |
| facultative anaerobe | <microbiology> A microorganism which can survive without oxygen (is an anaerobe) but is not harmed if oxygen is present. (09 Oct 1997) |