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limiter — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • limit noun The furthest point or greatest amount allowed or possible; a boundary.
  • restrict verb To keep something within limits; to hold it back from going further.
  • throttle noun A valve or lever that controls how much fuel or air reaches an engine, and therefore its speed.

Senses

limiter is used for these senses in English:

  • limit (transitive) To restrict; to circumscribe; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
  • restrict To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
  • throttle (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
  • throttle (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.

limit — full definition

  1. noun The furthest point or greatest amount allowed or possible; a boundary.
  2. verb To keep something within a certain boundary or amount; to restrict.

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