limit Definition

something that bounds, restrains, or confines

the utmost extent

a geographic or political boundary

to assign certain limits to : prescribe

to restrict the bounds or limits of

to curtail or reduce in quantity or extent

a point that is related to a set of points in such a way that every neighborhood of the point no matter how small contains another point belonging to the set —called also point of accumulation

any of several fundamental theorems of probability and statistics that state the conditions under which the distribution of a sum of independent random variables is approximated by the normal distribution; especially : one which is much applied in sampling and which states that the distribution of a mean of a sample from a population with finite variance is approximated by the normal distribution as the number in the sample becomes large

the greatest stress that an elastic solid can sustain without undergoing permanent deformation

the distance from a planet's center within which a satellite can neither approach nor reside without being disrupted by tidal forces

the maximum or minimum speed permitted by law in a given area under specified circumstances

the limit of the marginal sea of three miles included in the territorial waters of a state

an age under or over which something can or cannot be done

the most money that a bank or business will allow a person to borrow