(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) The space or thing defined by limits.
(v. t.) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
(v. t.) A restriction; a check; a curb; a hindrance.
(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. t.) To apply a limit to, or set a limit for; to terminate, circumscribe, or restrict, by a limit or limits; as, to limit the acreage of a crop; to limit the issue of paper money; to limit one's ambitions or aspirations; to limit the meaning of a word.
(v. i.) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region; as, a limiting friar.
Example Sentences:
(1) Serum levels of both dihydralazine and metabolites were very low and particularly below the detection limit.
(2) This should not be a serious limitation to the application of the RIA in the detection of venous thrombosis.
(3) The rise of malaria despite of control measures involves several factors: the house spraying is no more accepted by a large percentage of house holders and the alternative larviciding has only a limited efficacy; the houses of American Indians have no walls to be sprayed; there is a continuous introduction of parasites by migrants.
(4) Increased infusion flow rate did not increase the limiting frequency.
(5) The extent of the infectious process was limited, however, because the life span of the cultures was not significantly shortened, the yields of infectious virus per immunofluorescent cell were at all times low, and most infected cells contained only a few well-delineated small masses of antigen, suggestive of an abortive infection.
(6) Limited biopsic retroperitoneal lymphnode dissection subsequently extended following the result of the frozen section histology.
(7) In addition, the fact that microheterogeneity may occur without limit in the mannans of the strains suggests that antibodies with unlimited diverse specificities are produced directed against these antigenic varieties as well.
(8) The specific limited trypsinolysis of bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase (T7RP) was performed in the presence of various components of the polymerase reaction and some GTP-analogs--irreversible inhibitors of the enzyme.
(9) This postulate is supported by a limited study of the serovars present among the isolates.
(10) Breast reconstruction should not be limited to the requiring patients, but should represent, in selected cases with favourable prognosis, an integrative and complementary procedure of the treatment.
(11) As increases to the Isa allowance are based on the CPI inflation figure for the year to the previous September, the new data suggests the current Isa limit of £15,240 will remain unchanged next year.
(12) Conditions for limited digestion of the heterodimer by subtilisin, removing only the carboxyl terminus, were determined.
(13) Furthermore the limit between hearing aid fitting an cochlear implantation is discussed.
(14) Comprehensive regulations are being developed to limit human exposure to contamination in drinking water by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the authority of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).
(15) Direct limiting effects of hypothermia on tissue O2 delivery and muscle oxidative metabolism as well as vasoconstriction and arteriovenous shunting associated with CPB procedures are likely to be involved in the above mentioned alterations of cell metabolism.
(16) Their disadvantages - the expensive equipment and the time-consuming procedure respectively - limit their widespread use.
(17) The lower limit (LL) of CBF autoregulation was calculated by a computerized program and tested for different factors for correction of the PaCO2-induced changes in CBF.
(18) Immunochemical techniques, in particular ELISA are available for only a very limited number of NM (e.g.
(19) Only one E. coli strain, containing two plasmids that encode endo-pectate lyases, exo-pectate lyase, and endo-polygalacturonase, caused limited maceration.
(20) Initiation of the alternative pathway by the cryptococcal capsule is characterized by a lag in C3 accumulation and the appearance of a limited number of focal initiation sites which resemble those observed when the alternative pathway is activated by zymosan and nonencapsulated cryptococci.
Outspend
Definition:
(n.) Outlay; expenditure.
Example Sentences:
(1) In late August the Obama camp was outspending Romney on Spanish-language ads 12-1.
(2) Last October, Sturgeon had told the SNP annual conference it would strongly resist moves to allow their opponents to outspend them, stating: "Make no mistake, this time around, Scotland's future will not be bought and sold for anyone's gold."
(3) He is the beneficiary (thanks to the unlimited donations sanctioned by the US supreme court in 2010) of a colossally wealthy funding body – or " Super Pac " – that is wholly dedicated to his candidacy and which has been able to outspend his opponents at every stage in the race.
(4) The paper says: "By far the most consistent complaint is the ability of some candidates to outspend others particularly if they are supported by third parties.
(5) The Kochs have the potential to outspend and out-perform the Republican party and even the successful Republican candidate."
(6) Some of us,” she said, “are gainfully employed, live in the suburbs and drive fancy cars.” Democrats are outspending Trump on advertising in Arizona, and Clinton’s running mate, Tim Kaine, recently campaigned in Phoenix, noted political strategist David Waid.
(7) The satellite broadcaster fought hard to win control of live Premier League football in the 1990s, and with a budget of about £1bn a year it is easily able to outspend rivals, reducing competitors to a handful of events, most of which are restricted by law to free-to-air television.
(8) In a worst-case scenario, it could even lead to lawsuits that tie up the banks' excellent and expensive lawyers for a while, but in which they will outspend, out-think, and eventually reach a settlement – for a small portion of the actual damages.
(9) Annette Brooke, who is defending Mid-Dorset and North Poole for the Lib Dems, said that the Tories were outspending her by some margin, but that the television debate had been worth far more to her party than a thousand Conservative party posters had been to her opponent.
(10) Obama donors at the convention were asked to open their wallets with the message: "If they outspend us by two or three times we're OK.
(11) Oakeshott believes the Tories are outspending progressive candidates, and believes the appetite for anti-Tory tactical voting remains strong, especially since so much of the polling by Lord Ashcroft in key marginals can be used to guide voters how to vote tactically.
(12) Although the election is set for Tuesday 6 November 2012, Obama is anxious to create a campaign organisation at least as efficient as the one in 2008 and to begin gathering enough funds now to outspend the Republicans in advertising, just as he did last time.
(13) With Samsung using a wide variety of marketing tactics – teaser videos to intrigue fan sites, and hefty advertising campaigns in which it far outspends Apple – Schiller said that reliance on market share figures, which show Android and Samsung outselling the iPhone by a substantial margin worldwide, give an incomplete picture of the market dynamics.
(14) The audience has grown old too, with sales slipping, despite News International outspending rivals on promotion and indulging in price-cutting.
(15) Party strategists estimate that the Tories will outspend the opposition by a three-to-one ratio, and that Labour will have the equivalent advantage in terms of bodies working in marginal seats.
(16) The paper says: "By far the most consistent complaint is the ability of some candidates to outspend others, particularly if they are supported by third parties.
(17) But they can still be expected to outspend us by as much as three to one, while David Cameron is promising to dust down the playbook of smear and fear from 1992, knowing that large sections of the press can be relied upon to help him.