limits
Where things stop
Limits are boundaries or points beyond which something cannot or should not go.
Physical limits mark the edge of territories: city limits, within the limits of the park.
Abstract limits constrain what's possible or permitted: the limits of human endurance, spending limits.
To limit is to restrict or cap: We limited attendance to fifty people.
Off-limits means forbidden.
The sky's the limit means no restriction applies.
Critical boundary point
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- vergeBorder or cusp
- outermostFarthest from the middle
- uttermostGreatest possible degree
farthest · furthest · territorial · periphery · outskirts · bounds · beyond · frontier
Outer edge or limit
- frontierEdge of settlement
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- marginEdge of a page
confines · demarcation · barrier · fence · partition · enclosure · wall · borderline
Capacity for sustained effort
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- breaking pointMoment of collapse
exhaustion · threshold · tolerance · pain threshold · burnout · fatigue · athlete · marathon
Limiting condition or rule
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- controlAuthority to direct
- curtailmentAct of reducing scope
ban · embargo · ceiling · quota · cap · threshold · moratorium · curfew
Threshold triggering major change
- point of no returnThreshold beyond which reversal impossible
- cuspPoint of transition
- vergeBorder or cusp
- precipiceSteep rock face
borderline · baseline · minimum · entry point · liminal · demarcation · starting point · critical point
Greatest permitted quantity
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- loadCarried weight or burden
- carrying capacityPopulation an environment sustains
tolerance · headroom · payload · tonnage · throughput · saturation · breaking point · upper bound
Process of approaching sameness
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
- integralAntiderivative or crucial component
- asymptoteUnreached bounding curve
continuity · epsilon · delta · divergence · sequence · series · boundedness · function
Increase in size
- possibilityState of being achievable
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- untappedNot yet utilized
- unrealizedNot made actual
ceiling · glass ceiling · barrier · obstacle · constraint · ambition · aspiration · talent
brink
Critical boundary point
uttermost · farthest · furthest · territorial · periphery · outskirts · bounds · beyond · frontier · unexplored
border
Outer edge or limit
margin · confines · demarcation · barrier · fence · partition · enclosure · wall · borderline · outline
stamina
Capacity for sustained effort
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
breaking point · exhaustion · threshold · tolerance · pain threshold · burnout · fatigue · athlete · marathon · extreme
constraint
Limiting condition or rule
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- controlAuthority to direct
curtailment · ban · embargo · ceiling · quota · cap · threshold · moratorium · curfew · rationing
tipping point
Threshold triggering major change
- point of no returnThreshold beyond which reversal impossible
- cuspPoint of transition
- vergeBorder or cusp
precipice · borderline · baseline · minimum · entry point · liminal · demarcation · starting point · critical point · trigger
maximum
Greatest permitted quantity
carrying capacity · tolerance · headroom · payload · tonnage · throughput · saturation · breaking point · upper bound · redline
convergence
Process of approaching sameness
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
- derivativeFunction's rate of change
- integralAntiderivative or crucial component
asymptote · continuity · epsilon · delta · divergence · sequence · series · boundedness · function · approaching
growth
Increase in size
- possibilityState of being achievable
- opportunityFavorable circumstance for advancement
- untappedNot yet utilized
unrealized · ceiling · glass ceiling · barrier · obstacle · constraint · ambition · aspiration · talent · development
- mathematicsalgebra, arithmetic, calculus, geometry, number
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- constraintsconstraint, restrictions, deadline, restraints, bounds
- parenting skillspatience, discipline, warmth, communication, empathy
- restrictionsban, bans, restrictions, restriction, rules
- safeguardssafeguards, safety valve, protections, kill switch, defenses
limitsfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberties · permissions · free rein · carte blanche · freedoms
limitsinfinity
Unlimited extent or quantity
limitlessness · boundlessness · endlessness · unlimitedness · infinitude
- speed limitMaximum legal driving pace
- off limitsProhibited from access
- time limitMaximum duration permitted
- limited editionSmall intentional production run
- the sky is the limitNo upper bound exists
- age limitEligibility threshold by years
limit, limited, limitless, limitation, limiting, limitations, limiter, limiters