limiter
English
noun
Definitions
- That which limits or confines.
- (electronics) A circuit that allows signals below a specified input threshold to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals.
- (historical) A friar who had a license to beg within certain bounds.
Etymology
Suffix from English limit.
Origin
English
limit
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antilimit English
- colimit English
- limit English
- limitable English
- limital English
- limitarian English
- limitest English
- limiteth English
- limitive English
- limitless English
- prelimit English
- sublimit English
- superlimit English
- unlimit English
- Limit German
- limit Hungarian
- limite Italian
- limit Middle English
- limo Esperanto