1. restricting or tending to restrict; limiting. restrictive regulations. 2. Grammar. designating a modifier, as a word, phrase, or subordinate clause, that limits the reference of the word or phrase it modifies and thus is essential to the meaning of a sentence. it is not set off by punctuation. More @Wikipedia
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