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Definition of Limit
1. Verb. Place limits on (extent or access). "Limit the time you can spend with your friends"
Specialized synonyms: Reduce, Tighten, Tie, Gate, Draw A Line, Draw The Line, Mark Off, Mark Out, Harness, Rein, Rule, Baffle, Regulate, Cramp, Halter, Hamper, Strangle, Constrain, Stiffen, Tighten, Tighten Up, Clamp Down, Crack Down, Inhibit, Constrain, Cumber, Encumber, Restrain
Generic synonyms: Check, Contain, Control, Curb, Hold, Hold In, Moderate
Derivative terms: Bound, Bound, Limitation, Limitation, Limitation, Limitation, Limiter, Restrainer, Restriction, Restriction, Restrictive, Trammel
2. Noun. The greatest possible degree of something. "To the limit of his ability"
Generic synonyms: Extent
Specialized synonyms: Knife-edge, Absoluteness, Starkness, Utterness, Heat Barrier, Thermal Barrier, Level Best, Maximum, Utmost, Uttermost, Brink, Verge
3. Verb. Restrict or confine,. "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
Specialized synonyms: Hold Down, Keep Down, Number, Cap, Curb, Curtail, Cut Back, Restrict, Delimit, Delimitate, Demarcate, Content, Ration
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Lessen, Minify
Derivative terms: Circumscription, Limitation, Limitation, Limitation, Limitation
4. Noun. Final or latest limiting point.
5. Verb. Decide upon or fix definitely. "Specify the parameters"
Specialized synonyms: Quantify, Name, Reset, Define
Generic synonyms: Choose, Pick Out, Select, Take
Derivative terms: Determinant, Determiner, Determiner, Set
6. Noun. As far as something can go.
7. Noun. The boundary of a specific area.
Specialized synonyms: Edge, City Limit, City Limits, Upper Limit, Lower Limit, Three-mile Limit
Generic synonyms: Bound, Boundary, Bounds
Derivative terms: Demarcate, Demarcate
8. Noun. The mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity.
9. Noun. The greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed. "It is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight"
Generic synonyms: Indefinite Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Extremum, Peak, Cutoff
Definition of Limit
1. n. That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor.
2. v. t. To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word.
3. v. i. To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
Definition of Limit
1. Noun. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go. ¹
2. Noun. (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge). ¹
3. Noun. (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit. ¹
4. Noun. (category theory) Given diagram ''F'' : ''J'' → ''C'', a cone (''L'', ''φ'') from ''L'' ∈ Ob(''C'') to ''F'' is the ''limit'' of ''F'' if it has the universal property that for any other cone (''N'', ''ψ'') from ''N'' ∈ Ob(''C'') to ''F'' there is a unique morphism ''u'' : ''N'' → ''L'' such that for all ''X'' ∈ Ob(''J''), . ¹
5. Noun. (poker) Short for fixed limit. ¹
6. Noun. The final, utmost, or furthest point. ¹
7. Adjective. (poker) Being a fixed limit game. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound. ¹
9. Verb. (mathematics intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set. ¹
10. Verb. (obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Limit
1. to restrict [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: restrict
Medical Definition of Limit
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1. That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor. "As eager of the chase, the maid Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed." (Pope)
2. The space or thing defined by limits. "The archdeacon hath divided it Into three limits very equally." (Shak)
3. That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent. "The dateless limit of thy dear exile." (Shak) "The limit of your lives is out." (Shak)
4. A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance. "I prithee, give no limits to my tongue." (Shak)
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