LIMITS
/ˈlɪmɪts/
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Definition
/ˈlɪmɪts/
noun
- A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.“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).“The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.”
- Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.“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.
- Fixed limit.
verb
- To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.“I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.”
- To have a limit in a particular set.“The sequence limits on the point a.”
- To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.“a limiting friar”
Source: Wiktionary
