Limiting: Any process by which a specified characteristic (usually amplitude) of the output of a device is prevented from exceeding a predetermined value. Limiting can refer to non-linear clipping, in which a signal is passed through normally but `sheared off` when it would normally exceed a certain threshold. It can also refer to a type of vari..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limiting
an action whereby all the instantaneous values of a signal exceeding a predetermined threshold value, or outside two predetermined threshold values, are reduced, all other instantaneous values of the signal being preserved NOTE - The reduction of instantaneous values may be abrupt or progressive. Examples of limiting: clipping; slicing; base limiti... Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=702-04-32
adjective strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase; `the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him` limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974