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limits

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limits

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Definitions oflimits

1noun
  • A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.

    Example: "There are several existing limits to executive power."

  • 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).

    Example: "The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit."

  • Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

    Example: "Category theory defines a very general concept of limit."

  • The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.

    Synonyms: "inverse limit", "projective limit"

  • Fixed limit.
  • The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.

    Example: "the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country"

  • The space or thing defined by limits.
  • That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
  • A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
  • A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
  • The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
  • (as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
1verb
  • To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

    Example: "I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight."

  • To have a limit in a particular set.

    Example: "The sequence limits on the point a."

  • To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

    Example: "a limiting friar"

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