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What does hindrance mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hindrance? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
  2. The state or act of hindering something
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To minimize steric hindrance, each residue was rotated around an individual axis directed along the local center line of the helix.
For repression the most obvious and self-explanatory mechanism is steric hindrance.
A heavy workload is cited by two histopathologists as a serious hindrance to obtaining consent for autopsies.
Zen has an iconoclastic tendency, and seems to regard the study of texts, doctrines, and dogmas as a potential hindrance to spiritual awakening.
At first she thought he would be a hindrance, but it turned out that he had been a pillar of support.
This compound has similar bond conjugation, solvent behavior, and steric hindrance to all-trans retinal.

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