Limit

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Transtitive verb

to limit (third-person singular simple present limits, present participle limiting, simple past limited, past participle limited)

  1. 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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Noun

limit (plural: limits)

  1. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
    There are several existing limits to executive power.
    Two drinks is my limit tonight.
  2. (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.
  3. (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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restriction

mathematics: value to which a sequence converges

mathematics: abstraction of this concept of limit

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See also

io:limit it:limit hu:limit ja:limit fi:limit sv:limit zh:limit

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