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A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
(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).
(mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
(category theory) Given diagram F : J → C, a cone (L, φ) from L ∈ Ob(C) to F is the limit of F if it has the universal property that for any other cone (N, ψ) from N ∈ Ob(C) to F there is a unique morphism u : N → L such that for all X ∈ Ob(J), φ_X ° u = ψ_X .
(poker) Short for fixed limit.
The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
(obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
(obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
(obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
(logic, metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.

The archdeacon hath divided it / Into three limits very equally.
a limiting friar
The sequence limits on the point a.
[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.
I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.
We need to limit the power of the executive.
I prithee, give no limits to my tongue.
The limit of your lives is out.
the dateless limit of thy dear exile
There are several existing limits to executive power.
As eager of the chase, the maid / Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed.
the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country
Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.
The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.
At the time, there seemed to be no limit to the size of ever-larger private equity deals, with banks falling over each other to arrange financing on generous terms and to invest money from their own private equity arms.
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, [...]
It is the conductor which communicates to the inhabitants of regions beyond its limit, [...]
Two drinks is my limit tonight.

Partisiipin perfekti	limited	Imperfekti	limited
Partisiipin preesens	limiting	Monikko	limits
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	limits	Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens	limiteth (vanhahtava)

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