Look up: limit

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   Limit
   Is an order which is to be filled at that stated price or better. Or better means a lower than the stated price for a buy or a higher than the stated price for a sale.
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   Limit
   The maximum price fluctuation permitted by an exchange from the previous session`s settlement price for a given contract.
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   limit
   [n] - the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity 2. [n] - the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed 3. [n] - as far as something can go 4. [n] - the boundary of a specific area 5. [n] - the greatest possible degree of something 6. [v] - restrict or confine, `I limit you to two visits to the pub a day`
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   Limit
   The number you approach as you plug values into a function, and the values get closer and closer to a given number. See also: Infinite, Infinitesimal.
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   limit
   each of the two extreme permissible sizes of a part between which the actual size should lie,the limits being included Category: Standards, measures and testing
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   Limit
   In Ovid databases you can use the Limits feature to restrict your searches in many ways, including: year, language, type of publication, human/animal species, type of journal. There is a demonstration of the Limits feature in the Medline tour in Databases.
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   Limit
   Definition (keystage 3) The limit of a sequence is the number which the sequence tends towards. The sequence does not ever have to reach the limit, just get closer and closer to it. <br /> Not all sequences have a limit.
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   Limit
   Lim'it (lĭm'ĭt) noun [ From Latin limes , limitis : confer French limite ; or from English limit , v. See Limit , transitive verb ] 1. That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits ...
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   Limit
   Lim'it (lĭm'ĭt) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Limited ; present participle & verbal noun Limiting .] [ French limiter , Latin limitare , from limes , limitis , limit; probably akin to limen threshold, English eliminate ; confer Latin limus sidelong.] To ...
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    Limit
    Lim'it intransitive verb To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar. [ Obsolete]
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    limit
    1. That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a country; the limits of human knowledge or endeavor. 'As eager of the chase, the maid Beyond the forest's verdant limits strayed.' (Pope) ... 2. The space or thing defined by limits. 'The archdeacon ...
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    limit
    demarcation noun the boundary of a specific area
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    limit
    bound noun the greatest possible degree of something; `what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior`; `to the limit of his ability`
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    limit
    limitation noun the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed; `there are limits on the amount you can bet`; `it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight`
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    limit
    point of accumulation noun the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
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    Limit
    A `limit` can be: * Limit (mathematics), including: ** Limit of a function ** Limit of a sequence ** One-sided limit ** Limit superior and limit inferior ** Limit of a net ** Limit point ** Limit (category theory) * A constraint (mathematical, physical, economical, legal, etc.) in the form of an inequality, such as: ** Chandrasekhar limit ** Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit ** Budget constraint ** Speed limit ** Age of consent * An extreme value or ...
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    Limit
    See Trading Limit.
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    Limit
    • (v. t.) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic; a differentia. • (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. • (v. i.) To beg, or t...
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    limit
    (from the article `insurance`) Practically all liability insurance policies contain limitations on the maximum amount of a judgment payable under the contract. Further, the cost of ...
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    limit
    mathematical concept based on the idea of closeness, used primarily to assign values to certain functions at points where no values are defined, in ... [6 related articles]
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    limit
    A boundary or end. [L. limes, boundary]
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    Limit
    state (F etat limit, R stare limita) State at which performance criteria are just met
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    limit
    
    1. the greatest possible degree of something
    2. the boundary of a specific area
    3. as far as something can go
    4. the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed
    5. a mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity
    
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    limit
    The target value that terms in a sequence of numbers get closer and closer to. This limit is not necessarily ever reached but can be approached arbitrarily close if the sequence is taken far enough. More precisely, if the terms of an infinite series approach a definite value l in such a way that i...
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    limit
    limit, in mathematics, value approached by a sequence or a function as the index or independent variable approaches some value, possibly infinity. For example, the terms of the sequence 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, … are obviously getting smaller and smaller; since, if enough terms are taken, one can ...
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