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A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
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There are several existing limits to executive power.
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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).
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The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.
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Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
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Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.
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The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
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Fixed limit.
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The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
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the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country
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The space or thing defined by limits.
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That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
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A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
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A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
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The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
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(as "the limit") A person who is exasperating, intolerable, astounding, etc.