| limitation | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. limitation, restriction | a principle that limits the extent of something.; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements" |
| ~ rule, regulation | a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" |
| ~ narrowness | a restriction of range or scope.; "the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students"; "the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus"; "frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons" |
| ~ 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.; "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. limitation | the quality of being limited or restricted.; "it is a good plan but it has serious limitations" |
| ~ disadvantage | the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position. |
| n. (quantity) | 3. limit, limitation | the greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed.; "there are limits on the amount you can bet"; "it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight" |
| ~ indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity. |
| ~ peak, extremum | the most extreme possible amount or value.; "voltage peak" |
| ~ cutoff | a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated. |
| n. (time) | 4. limitation | (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought.; "statute of limitations" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ time limit | a time period within which something must be done or completed. |
| n. (act) | 5. limitation, restriction | an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation). |
| ~ regulating, regulation | the act of controlling or directing according to rule.; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" |
| ~ 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.; "taxpayers want a hold-down on government spending" |
| ~ freeze | fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level.; "a freeze on hiring" |
| ~ clampdown | sudden restriction on an activity. |
| terminal | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. depot, terminal, terminus | station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods. |
| ~ air terminal, airport terminal | a terminal that serves air travelers or air freight. |
| ~ bus depot, bus station, bus terminal, coach station | a terminal that serves bus passengers. |
| ~ cathode | the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current. |
| ~ railroad station, railroad terminal, railway station, train depot, train station | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods. |
| ~ station | a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose.; "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station" |
| ~ subway station | a terminal where subways load and unload passengers. |
| ~ transportation, transportation system, transit | a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. pole, terminal | a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. |
| ~ anode | the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current. |
| ~ electric battery, battery | a device that produces electricity; may have several primary or secondary cells arranged in parallel or series. |
| ~ tangency, contact | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact.; "they forget to solder the contacts" |
| ~ electrical device | a device that produces or is powered by electricity. |
| ~ negative pole | the terminal of a battery that is connected to the negative plate. |
| ~ positive pole | the terminal of a battery that is connected to the positive plate. |
| n. (location) | 3. end, terminal | either extremity of something that has length.; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix" |
| ~ bitter end | (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt. |
| ~ bitthead | the upper end of a bitt. |
| ~ heel | the lower end of a ship's mast. |
| ~ point | sharp end.; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" |
| ~ magnetic pole, pole | one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated. |
| ~ railhead | the end of the completed track on an unfinished railway. |
| ~ terminus | either end of a railroad or bus route. |
| ~ yardarm | either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship. |
| ~ nerve end, nerve ending | the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse. |
| ~ telomere | either (free) end of a eukaryotic chromosome.; "telomeres act as caps to keep the sticky ends of chromosomes from randomly clumping together" |
| ~ heel | one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread. |
| ~ end point, endpoint, terminus, termination | a place where something ends or is complete. |
| ~ destination, goal, finish | the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey).; "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view" |
| ~ extremity | the outermost or farthest region or point. |
| ~ tip | the extreme end of something; especially something pointed. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. terminal | electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display. |
| ~ electronic equipment | equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor). |
| ~ job-oriented terminal | a terminal designed for a particular application. |
| ~ keyboard | device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like. |
| ~ link-attached station, link-attached terminal, remote station, remote terminal | a terminal connected to a computer by a data link. |
| adj. (pertain) | 5. terminal | of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route.; "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges" |
| adj. (pertain) | 6. terminal | relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time.; "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments" |
| adj. | 7. terminal | being or situated at an end.; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable" |
| adj. | 8. concluding, final, last, terminal | occurring at or forming an end or termination.; "his concluding words came as a surprise"; "the final chapter"; "the last days of the dinosaurs"; "terminal leave" |
| ~ closing | final or ending.; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks" |
| adj. | 9. terminal | causing or ending in or approaching death.; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer" |
| ~ fatal | bringing death. |
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