Limit
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English
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Transtitive verb
to limit (third-person singular simple present limits, present participle limiting, simple past limited, past participle limited)
- To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.
- We need to limit the power of the executive.
- I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.
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Synonyms
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Translations
- Finnish: rajoittaa
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Noun
limit (plural: limits)
- A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
- There are several existing limits to executive power.
- Two drinks is my limit tonight.
- (mathematics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) A value to which a sequence converges.
- The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.
- (mathematics{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
- Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.
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Synonyms
- (restriction): bound, boundary, limitation, restriction
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Translations
restriction
mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
mathematics: abstraction of this concept of limit
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Derived terms
- age limit
- central limit theorem
- city limits
- elastic limit
- in the limit
- limit down
- limit up
- limitation
- limitless
- lower limit
- outer limit
- to the limit
- time limit
- unlimited
- upper limit
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See also
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