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Limitable

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lim·it  (lmt)
n.
1. The point, edge, or line beyond which something cannot or may not proceed.
2. limits The boundary surrounding a specific area; bounds: within the city limits.
3. A confining or restricting object, agent, or influence.
4. The greatest or least amount, number, or extent allowed or possible: a withdrawal limit of $200; no minimum age limit.
5. Games The largest amount which may be bet at one time in games of chance.
6. Abbr. lim Mathematics A number or point L that is approached by a function f(x) as x approaches a if, for every positive number , there exists a number such that f(x)-L < if 0 < x-a < . Also called limit point, point of accumulation.
7. Informal One that approaches or exceeds certain limits, as of credibility, forbearance, or acceptability: He is the limit of irresponsibility.
tr.v. lim·it·ed, lim·it·ing, lim·its
1. To confine or restrict within a boundary or bounds.
2. To fix definitely; to specify.

[Middle English limite, from Old French, border, from Latin lmes, lmit-, border, limit.]

limit·a·ble adj.
Synonyms: limit, restrict, confine, circumscribe
These verbs mean to establish or keep within specified bounds. Limit refers principally to the establishment of a maximum beyond which a person or thing cannot or may not go: The Constitution limits the President's term of office to four years.
To restrict is to keep within prescribed limits, as of choice or action: The sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted to those over 21.
Confine suggests imprisonment, restraint, or impediment: The children were confined to the nursery.
Circumscribe connotes an encircling or surrounding line that confines, especially narrowly: "A man . . . should not circumscribe his activity by any inflexible fence of rigid rules" (John Stuart Blackie).


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The new generation of molecular marking systems are accurate, non limitable and provide final forensic evidence in the field.
1906) (affirming the common law doctrine that lands submerged beneath navigable waters belong to the state in which they are located, limitable only by local legislation or custom that preserves public trust values); Williams v.
76) The Hadacheck Court took an expansive view of the scope of the police powers, describing them as "one of the most essential powers of government--one that is the least limitable.
 
 
 
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