Definition of limit

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Limit (v. t.) A determinate quantity, to which a variable one continually approaches, and may differ from it by less than any given difference, but to which, under the law of variation, the variable can never become exactly equivalent..

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Farstretched :: Farstretched (a.) Streatched beyond ordinary limits.
Exterritorial :: Exterritorial (a.) Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction..
Extravagance :: Extravagance (n.) A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit..
Definable :: Definable (a.) Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits; definable distinctions or regulations; definable words..
Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain..
Terminus :: Terminus (n.) Literally, a boundary; a border; a limit..
Definite :: Definite (a.) Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article..
Domicile :: Domicile (n.) A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode.
Group :: Group (n.) A variously limited assemblage of animals or plants, having some resemblance, or common characteristics in form or structure. The term has different uses, and may be made to include certain species of a genus, or a whole genus, or certain genera, or even several orders..
Testament :: Testament (n.) One of the two distinct revelations of God's purposes toward man; a covenant; also, one of the two general divisions of the canonical books of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter..
Scant :: Scant (v. t.) To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint; as, to scant one in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries..
Limitation :: Limitation (v. t.) The act of limiting; the state or condition of being limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved by the council..
Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish.
Voyage :: Voyage (n.) Formerly, a passage either by sea or land; a journey, in general; but not chiefly limited to a passing by sea or water from one place, port, or country, to another; especially, a passing or journey by water to a distant place or country..
Surplus :: Surplus (n.) That which remains when use or need is satisfied, or when a limit is reached; excess; overplus..
Unlimited :: Unlimited (a.) Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean..
Terminate :: Terminate (v. i.) To come to a limit in time; to end; to close.
Reversion :: Reversion (n.) The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him..
Within :: Within (prep.) In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; as, within five miles; not longer in time than; as, within an hour; not exceeding in quantity; as, expenses kept within one's income..
Once :: Once (adv.) By limitation to the number one; for one time; not twice nor any number of times more than one.
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