[じこう, jikou] (n) (1) statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; prescription (including acquisitive and extinctive prescription); (2) ageing; aging; (P) [Add to Longdo]
[でんりょくせいげん, denryokuseigen] power limitation, power restriction [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Limitation \Lim`i*ta"tion\ (-t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. limitatio:
cf. F. limitation. See {Limit}, v. t.]
1. The act of limiting; the state or condition of being
limited; as, the limitation of his authority was approved
by the council.
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They had no right to mistake the limitation . . . of
their own faculties, for an inherent limitation of
the possible modes of existence in the universe.
--J. S. Mill.
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2. That which limits; a restriction; a qualification; a
restraining condition, defining circumstance, or
qualifying conception; as, limitations of thought.
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The cause of error is ignorance what restraints and
limitations all principles have in regard of the
matter whereunto they are applicable. --Hooker.
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3. A certain precinct within which friars were allowed to
beg, or exercise their functions; also, the time during
which they were permitted to exercise their functions in
such a district. --Chaucer. Latimer.
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4. A limited time within or during which something is to be
done.
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You have stood your limitation, and the tribunes
Endue you with the people's voice. --Shak.
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5. (Law)
(a) A certain period limited by statute after which the
claimant shall not enforce his claims by suit.
(b) A settling of an estate or property by specific rules.
(c) A restriction of power; as, a constitutional
limitation. --Wharton. Bouvier.
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{To know one's own limitations}, to know the reach and limits
of one's abilities. --A. R. Wallace.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limitation
n 1: a principle that limits the extent of something; "I am
willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements"
[syn: {restriction}, {limitation}]
2: the quality of being limited or restricted; "it is a good
plan but it has serious limitations"
3: 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" [syn: {limit},
{limitation}]
4: (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought;
"statute of limitations"
5: an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation) [syn:
{limitation}, {restriction}]
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