limit meaning
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[ˈlɪmɪt] [ˈlɪmt] [-ɪmɪt] 
US WLimit
- A limit can be:
- Limit (mathematics):
- Limit of a function
- Limit of a sequence
- One-sided limit
- Limit superior and limit inferior
- Limit of a net
- Limit point
- Limit (category theory)
- Direct limit and Inverse limit
- A constraint (mathematical, physical, economical, legal, etc.) in the form of an inequality, such as:
- Chandrasekhar limit
- Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmin limit
- Budget constraint
- Speed limit
- Age of consent
- An extreme value or boundary, such as:
- The high-frequency limit of the hearing range
- A limit order is a type of order to buy a security at no more (or sell at no less) than a specific price on an exchange.
- NounPLlimits
- 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) 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).
- The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.
- (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
- Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.
- (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),.
- (poker) Short for fixed limit.
- The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
- the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country
- OBS The space or thing defined by limits.
- OBS That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
- OBS A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
- (logic, metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
- A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
- VerbSGlimitsPRlimitingPT, PPlimited
- VT 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.
- (mathematics) VI To have a limit in a particular set.
- The sequence limits on the point a.
- OBS To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
- a limiting friar
- VT To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.
- Adjective
- (poker) Being a fixed limit game.
- (poker) Being a fixed limit game.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- I've structured the deal to limit the amount of money we can lose.
- As shown previously, stable macrohaemodynamics in our model remained near the lower limit of the renal auto-regulatory range reported for anaesthetized rats.
- If at any hole a competitor play his first stroke from outside the limits of the teeing-ground, he shall count that stroke, tee a ball, and play his second stroke from within these limits.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- But a member of the cabinet has been placed on the Downing Street naughty step after weeks of bad behaviour which has tested the prime minister's patience to its limits.
- There is too, at this point in time, an aesthetic disadvantage to filmsetting in that the range of type faces specially designed for it is still extremely limited.
- Several cell-specific aptamers have been used for gene delivery, but an aptamer-conjugated nanocomplex used in the treatment of NSCLC is limited.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of limit in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
- en limited
- fr limitation
- en limitation
- en limits
- en limiting
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "limit" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.