Meaning of limit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
2. To confine or restrict with a limit: Let's limit the discussion to what is doable. The offer limits us to three for a dollar.
3. 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).
4. to set a restriction on. We must limit the amount of time we spend on this work. beperk يُحدِّد ограничавам limitar omezit begrenzen begrænse περιορίζωlimitar, restringir piirama محدود کردن rajoittaa limiter לְהַגבִּיל सीमा तय करना postaviti granicu korlátoz menghemat takmarka limitare 制限する 한계를 정하다 apriboti limitēt; ierobežot membataskan beperkenbegrenseograniczyć محدودول،ټاكل limitar ограничивать obmedziť omejiti ograničiti begränsa จำกัด sınırlamak, kısıtlamak 限制 обмежувати بندش لگانا hạn c...
5. Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
6. grensloos, onbeperk لا حدَّ لهُ безграничен sem limites neomezený grenzenlos grænseløs; ubegrænset απεριόριστος sin límite piiritu نامحدود rajaton illimitéללא גבול असीम bezgraničan határtalan, korlátlan tak terbatas takmarkalaus illimitato 限りのない 무제한의 neribotas neierobežots tiada hadnya onbegrensdgrenseløs, uendelig bezgraniczny نا محدوده ،بى اندازى sem limites nelimitat неограниченный neobmedzený neomejen neograničen obegränsad, gränslös ไร้ขีดจำกัด sınırsız 無限制的 необмежений; безкрайній غیر م...
7. The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
8. límite, frontera;assimilation ___ → ___ de asimilación;
9. Fixed limit.
10. The point, edge, or line beyond which something ends, may not go, or is not allowed: the 12-mile fishing limit; the limit of my patience.
11. The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
12. limits The boundary surrounding a specific area; bounds: within the city limits.
13. The space or thing defined by limits.
    obsolete
14. Something that restricts or restrains; a restraint: The child needs to have limits put on his behavior.
15. That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
    obsolete
16. The greatest or least amount, number, or extent allowed or possible: a withdrawal limit of $200; no minimum age limit.
17. A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
    obsolete
18. Games The largest amount which may be bet at one time in games of chance.
    Games
19. A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
20. Abbr. lim Mathematics a. A number or point L that is approached by a function f(x) as x approaches a if, for every positive number ε, there exists a number δ such that │f(x)-L│ < ε if │x-a│ < δ.
21. The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
22. A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
    colloquial
23. Ellipsis of harmonic limit.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Examples

“There are several existing limits to executive power.”

“Two drinks is my limit tonight.”

“It is the conductor which communicates to the inhabitants of regions beyond its limit […]”

“Ever he would wander, selfcompelled, to the extreme limit of his cometary orbit, beyond the fixed stars and variable suns and telescopic planets, astronomical waifs and strays, to the extreme boundary of space […]”

“At the time, there seemed to be no limit to the size of ever-larger private equity deals, with banks falling over each other to arrange financing on generous terms and to invest money from their own private equity arms.”

“The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.”

“Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.”

“the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country”

“As eager of the chase, the maid / Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed.”

“"Like many other large resorts, the town operated electric tramways, with open-topped cars. The journey down the steep incline to the harbour must have been exhilarating at times, testing the brakes on the vehicles to the limit."”

“The archdeacon hath divided it / Into three limits very equally.”

“the dateless limit of thy dear exile”

“The limit of your lives is out.”

“I prithee, give no limits to my tongue.”

“Englehorn looked at his employer in incredulous admiration. ‘You’re the limit,’ he declared.”

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