Delimitationnoun
The act of delimiting something.
Limitnoun
A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
‘There are several existing limits to executive power.’; ‘Two drinks is my limit tonight.’;
Delimitationnoun
A limit or boundary.
Limitnoun
(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.’;
Delimitationnoun
The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.
Limitnoun
(mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
‘Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.’;
Delimitationnoun
a line that indicates a boundary
Limitnoun
(category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
Limitnoun
(poker) Fixed limit.
Limitnoun
The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
‘the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country’;
Limitnoun
(obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
Limitnoun
(obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
Limitnoun
(obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
Limitnoun
A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
Limitnoun
(cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
Limitnoun
An exasperating or intolerable person.
Limitadjective
(poker) Being a fixed limit game.
Limitverb
(transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
‘We need to limit the power of the executive.’; ‘I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.’;
Limitverb
To have a limit in a particular set.
‘The sequence limits on the point a.’;
Limitverb
(obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
‘a limiting friar’;
Limitnoun
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 maidBeyond the forest's verdant limits strayed.’;
Limitnoun
The space or thing defined by limits.
‘The archdeacon hath divided itInto three limits very equally.’;
Limitnoun
That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
‘The dateless limit of thy dear exile.’; ‘The limit of your lives is out.’;
Limitnoun
A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
‘I prithee, give no limits to my tongue.’;
Limitnoun
A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia.
Limitnoun
A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent.
Limitverb
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.
Limitverb
To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
Limitnoun
the greatest possible degree of something;
‘what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior’; ‘to the limit of his ability’;
Limitnoun
final or latest limiting point
Limitnoun
the boundary of a specific area
Limitnoun
as far as something can go
Limitnoun
the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
Limitnoun
the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed;
‘there are limits on the amount you can bet’; ‘it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight’;
Limitverb
place limits on (extent or access);
‘restrict the use of this parking lot’; ‘limit the time you can spend with your friends’;
Limitverb
restrict or confine,
‘I limit you to two visits to the pub a day’;
Limitverb
decide upon or fix definitely;
‘fix the variables’; ‘specify the parameters’;
