Definizione monolingua

limit

limit (third-person singular simple present limits, present participle limiting, simple past and past participle limited)

1. (transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.

   We need to limit the power of the executive.

   Im limiting myself to two drinks tonight.

2. (mathematics, intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set.

   The sequence limits on the point a.

limit (plural: limits)

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. (mathematics) 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. (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

   Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.

4. (poker) Short for fixed limit.
5. The final, utmost, or furthest point.

limit (not comparable)

1. (poker) Being a fixed limit game.

Definizione dizionario limit

	limite
	mathematics: value to which a sequence converges
	boundary

confine

frontiera

limitare

	restringere
	Limitare spec. nel numero o nella quantità.

bordo

circoscrivere

delimitare

demarcare

linea

margine

meta

misura

misurare

pietra miliare

ridurre

segno

termine

Altri significati:

restrict

(poker) Being a fixed limit game.

(transitive) To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.

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

The final, utmost, or furthest point.

mathematics: abstraction of this concept of limit

(mathematics, intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set.

limit(s)

(to) limit

(mathematics) 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 limit(s)

(mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.

(poker) Short for fixed limit.

The point, edge, or line beyond which something cannot or may not proceed.