limitnoun詞源 1/ˈlɪm.ɪt/

• 1

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

  • There are several existing limits to executive power.
  • Two drinks is my limit tonight.
• 2

  mathematicssciencesA 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

  mathematicssciencesAny of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

  • Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.
• 4

  category-theorycomputingengineeringThe cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.

• 5

  card-gamespokerFixed limit.

• 6

  The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.

  • the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country
  • As eager of the chase, the maid / Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed.
• 7

  obsoleteThe space or thing defined by limits.

  • The archdeacon hath divided it / Into three limits very equally.
• 8

  obsoleteThat terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.

  • the dateless limit of thy dear exile
  • The limit of your lives is out.

limitadj詞源 1/ˈlɪm.ɪt/

• 1

  card-gamespokerBeing a fixed limit game.

limitverb詞源 2/ˈlɪm.ɪt/

• 1

  To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.

  • We need to limit the power of the executive.
  • I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.
• 2

  mathematicssciencesTo have a limit in a particular set.

  • The sequence limits on the point a.
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  obsoleteTo beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.

  • a limiting friar

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• harmonic limit