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limiter

[ lim-i-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that limits.
Electronics. a device or circuit for limiting limiting the amplitude of a radio, telephone, or recording signal to some predetermined level.

limiter

/ ˈlɪmɪtə /

an electronic circuit that produces an output signal whose positive or negative amplitude, or both, is limited to some predetermined value above which the peaks become flattened Also calledclipper

Origin of limiter¹

1350–1400; limit + -er ¹; replacing Middle English limitour ( -or ² )

Le belligrant bloquant veut limiter son effort, et les neutres dsirent que leur commerce soit le moins gn possible.

Emotionally, it sees it as a container and limiter of possibilities, a guarantee that the upshot shall be good.

Apparently a pardon sold or bestowed by a friar limiter: see other volumes of this series.

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