Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that limits.
- noun Electronics A circuit that prevents the amplitude of a waveform from exceeding a specified value.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which limits or confines.
- noun A friar licensed to beg, collect convent-dues, preach, or perform other duties within certain limits, or in a certain district.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, limits.
- noun A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun That which limits.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)
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Examples
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They have a built in limiter to their imagination.
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Good thing there is not a word limiter on this blog.
Teachers Union Drops Over $300,000 On Pennsylvania Radio Ad For Hillary 2009
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They have a built in limiter to their imagination.
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Finally a "limiter" stops my voice going over a certain decibel level.
IOL Technology 2010
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For example this amp has a built-in Deltacomp adaptive limiter which is designed to prevent the power amp from distorting.
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Utility officials said Schur owed about $1,000 resulting in a "limiter" being put on his home.
CNN.com 2009
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The "limiter" blows like a fuse if usage rises past a set level and electricity is not restored until the device is flipped back on by the homeowner, who must walk outside to the meter.
unknown title 2009
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On Jan. 13, a worker with the city-owned utility installed a "limiter" on Schur's electric meter after four months of unpaid bills.
Gates of Vienna 2009
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A city utility worker had installed a "limiter" device to restrict the use of electricity at Schur's home on Jan. 13, Belleman said.
Dvorak Uncensored 2009
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Utility officials said Schur owed about $1,000 resulting in a "limiter" being put on his home.
CNN.com 2009
vendingmachine commented on the word limiter
I like this definition:
n. A friar licensed to beg, collect convent-dues, preach, or perform other duties within certain limits, or in a certain district.
One needs a license to beg?!
November 11, 2015
bilby commented on the word limiter
James-Bond-wannabe Kickstarter.
November 11, 2015
bilby commented on the word limiter
But seriously, begging is illegal in Australia in most states. So I guess technically it might be possible to have a licence to do it. I do remember a court case a while back where a woman was being prosecuted in court for begging. As I understood it the police generally couldn't care less about people asking other people for money but in her case she was annoying and aggressive. Once someone had made a formal complaint they had to follow it up.
November 11, 2015