limit
noun
- 1
A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
“There are several existing limits to executive power.”
- 2
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.”
- 3
Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
“Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.”
- 4
The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
- 5
Fixed limit.
- 6
The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
“the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country”
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The space or thing defined by limits.
- 8
That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
- 9
A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
- 10
A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
- 11
The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
- 12
(as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
adjective
- 1
Being a fixed limit game.
verb
- 1
To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
“I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.”
- 2
To have a limit in a particular set.
“The sequence limits on the point a.”
- 3
To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
“a limiting friar”
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