limit

1. limit (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go or proceed.

Example: There are several existing limits to executive power.

Concept: Ограничение

Polarities of the concept

2. limit (noun) — sense 2

Definition: A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence has no limit (i.e., does not converge).

Example: The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.

3. limit (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.

Example: Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.

4. limit (adj) — sense 4

Definition: Being a fixed limit game.