Definitions for limits
limits
lim·it
Spelling: [lim-it]
IPA: /ˈlɪm ɪt/
Limits is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.
You can make 74 anagrams from letters in limits (iilmst).
Definitions for limits
noun
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the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
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a boundary or bound, as of a country, area, or district.
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Mathematics.
a number such that the value of a given function remains arbitrarily close to this number when the independent variable is sufficiently close to a specified point or is sufficiently large. The limit of 1/ x is zero as x approaches infinity; the limit of (x − 1) 2 is zero as x approaches 1.
a number such that the absolute value of the difference between terms of a given sequence and the number approaches zero as the index of the terms increases to infinity.
one of two numbers affixed to the integration symbol for a definite integral, indicating the interval or region over which the integration is taking place and substituted in a primitive, if one exists, to evaluate the integral.
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limits, the premises or region enclosed within boundaries:
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Games. the maximum sum by which a bet may be raised at any one time.
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the limit, Informal. something or someone that exasperates, delights, etc., to an extreme degree:
verb (used with object)
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to restrict by or as if by establishing limits (usually followed by to):
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to confine or keep within limits:
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Law. to fix or assign definitely or specifically.
Origin of limits
1325-75; Middle English lymyt Latin līmit- (stem of līmes) boundary, path between fields