Limit
Definition of Limit
Lim´it Pronunciation: lĭm´ĭt | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | The space or thing defined by limits. | | 3. | That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.The limit of your lives is out. - Shak. | | 4. | A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance. | | 5. | (Logic & Metaph.) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia. | | 6. | (Math.) 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. | | v. t. | 1. | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar. |
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