limit

UK /ˈlɪm.ɪt/ US /ˈlɪm.ɪt/
noun 5verb 3adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

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

There are several existing limits to executive power.

Two drinks is my limit tonight.

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).

The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.

3

Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.

4

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

5

Fixed limit.

adj

1

Being a fixed limit game.

verb

1

To restrict; to circumscribe; 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.

2

To have a limit in a particular set.

The sequence limits on the point a.

3

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

a limiting friar

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