| 释义 |
limiting
I. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of limit (II)
1. : functioning as a limit : confining, restrictive
< abandoned the limiting dramatic plot — Douglas Cleverdon >
2. of a modifying word : serving to limit the application of the modified noun without reference to quality, kind, or condition (as this in this book, which in which book) or to express the absence of limitation (as any in any book) — distinguished from descriptive
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: from gerund of limit (II)
: the process by which an electronic signal is held within prescribed limits or by which the relationship between the outgoing and incoming signal in a device is no longer linear |