LIMITATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does limitation mean? 

• LIMITATION (noun)
  The noun LIMITATION has 5 senses:

1. a principle that limits the extent of something

2. the quality of being limited or restricted

3. the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed

4. (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought

5. an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

  Familiarity information: LIMITATION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIMITATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A principle that limits the extent of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

limitation; restriction

Context example:

I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements

Hypernyms ("limitation" is a kind of...):

regulation; rule (a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "limitation"):

narrowness (a restriction of range or scope)

quantification (a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers 'some' or 'all' or 'no'))

restraint (a rule or condition that limits freedom)

Derivation:

limit (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

limit (restrict or confine within limits)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being limited or restricted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

it is a good plan but it has serious limitations

Hypernyms ("limitation" is a kind of...):

disadvantage (the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position)

Derivation:

limit (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

limit (restrict or confine within limits)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

limit; limitation

Context example:

it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight

Hypernyms ("limitation" is a kind of...):

indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "limitation"):

extremum; peak (the most extreme possible amount or value)

cutoff (a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated)

Sense 4

Meaning:

(law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Context example:

statute of limitations

Hypernyms ("limitation" is a kind of...):

time limit (a time period within which something must be done or completed)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

limit (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

limit (restrict or confine within limits)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

limitation; restriction

Hypernyms ("limitation" is a kind of...):

regulating; regulation (the act of controlling or directing according to rule)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "limitation"):

load-shedding (cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply)

arms control (a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country)

hold-down (a limitation or constraint)

freeze (fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level)

clampdown (sudden restriction on an activity)

Derivation:

limit (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

limit (restrict or confine within limits)

 Context examples 

A finding associated with a patient with defined or presumed cardiac disease without limitations of physical activity.

(New York Heart Association Class I, NCI Thesaurus)

Issue associated with the interaction and interfacing between devices and users in terms of users' abilities, expectations, and limitations with work environments and system design.

(Human Factors Issue Associated with Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)

As conventional semiconductor technologies approach their physical limitations, researchers need to explore new technologies to realise the most ambitious visions of a future networked global society.

(Graphene may exceed bandwidth demands of future telecommunications, University of Cambridge)

A finding associated with a patient with defined or presumed cardiac disease with slight limitation of physical activity.

(New York Heart Association Class II, NCI Thesaurus)

Our work exposes, and in many ways, explains these limitations.

(Study shows limitations of method for determining protein structure, National Science Foundation)

Defined as patients with defined or presumed cardiac disease and one of the following: Class I: without limitations of physical activity.

(New York Heart Association Class, NCI Thesaurus)

The questionnaires were filled out by the children’s teachers and parents, which the authors noted is both a strength and limitation.

(Lead in kids’ blood linked with behavioral and emotional problems, NIH)

A grading of angina characterized by a slight limitation of ordinary activity.

(Canadian Cardiovascular Society Grading Scale Class II, NCI Thesaurus)

A grading of angina characterized by marked limitations of ordinary physical activity.

(Canadian Cardiovascular Society Grading Scale Class III, NCI Thesaurus)

Class III: Marked limitations of ordinary physical activity.

(Canadian Cardiovascular Society Grading Scale Class, NCI Thesaurus)