harmonically bound

verb

Of an input-output pair, to incur a proper subset of constraint violations of a different input-output pair.

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Meanings

verbharmonically bound (third-person singular simple present harmonically bounds, present participle harmonically bounding, simple past and past participle harmonically bounded)

present singular third person harmonically bounds · participle present harmonically bounding · participle past harmonically bounded · past harmonically bounded

  1. transitiveOptimality Theoryhuman sciencesOf an input-output pair, to incur a proper subset of constraint violations of a different input-output pair.

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    In the example below, β is harmonically bounded by α
  2. This output candidate harmonically bounds all other possible output candidates.
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