limit

Significat (anglès)

1. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
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).
3. Any of several abstractions of this 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.
7. (obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
8. (obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
9. (obsolete) 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. (colloquial) A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.

boundary

border

terminal point

demarcation line

point of accumulation

outer limit

trim back

utmost limits

population size

allowable range

tolerance

weight

Terminus

limit of one’s ability

what extent

absolute limit

tolerable limit

bound-ary

amount of limitation

curb subjugate

clamp down

cut down on

encroach upon

line of demarcation

make narrow

of adherence

open space

Freqüència

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈlɪmɪt/

From Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from Latin līmes (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”). Displaced native Old English ġemǣre. Doublet of limes.

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