limit
SubstantivAdjektivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈlɪm.ɪt//
- //ˈlɪm.ɪʈ//
- //lɪmʈ//
A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.
Substantiv
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A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.
There are several existing limits to executive power.
Two drinks is my limit tonight.
It is the conductor which communicates to the inhabitants of regions beyond its limit […]
Ever he would wander, selfcompelled, to the extreme limit of his cometary orbit, beyond the fixed stars and variable suns and telescopic planets, astronomical waifs and strays, to the extreme boundary of space […]
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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.
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Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.
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The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
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Fixed limit.
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The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country
As eager of the chase, the maid / Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed.
"Like many other large resorts, the town operated electric tramways, with open-topped cars. The journey down the steep incline to the harbour must have been exhilarating at times, testing the brakes on the vehicles to the limit."
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veraltetThe space or thing defined by limits.
The archdeacon hath divided it / Into three limits very equally.
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veraltetThat 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.
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veraltetA restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
I prithee, give no limits to my tongue.
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A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
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The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
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A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.
Englehorn looked at his employer in incredulous admiration. ‘You’re the limit,’ he declared.
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Variante von harmonic limitEllipsis of harmonic limit.
Herkunft
From Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from oblique stem of Latin līmes, līmit- (“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.
Adjektiv
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Being a fixed limit game.
Verb
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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.
[The Chinese government] has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.
Beeching is more disparaging about suburban services beyond the capital, and I think here lies one of the most critical shortcomings in his analysis. By not considering the potential for these cities to grow, both on their own merits and in response to London's limitations, he failed to future-proof these types of service, limiting them in favour of long-distance services.
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To have a limit in a particular set.
The sequence limits on the point a.
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veraltetTo beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
a limiting friar
Herkunft
From Middle English limiten, from Old French limiter, from Latin līmitō (“to bound, limit, fix, determine”), from līmes; see noun.
Formen
- Plural
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- Präteritum
- limited
- Partizip II
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- Partizip I
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- 3. Person Singular
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limit · A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.
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