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limitour

limitour is the obsolete form of limiter.

Meaning of limiter

Noun

limiter (plural limiters)

  1. That which limits or confines.
    • The limiter automatically put on the brakes to keep the machine from going too fast.
  2. A circuit that allows signals below a specified input threshold to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals.
  3. (historical) A friar who had a license to beg within certain bounds.

Forms of limitour

plurallimitours

Questions about limitour

What is limitour the obsolete form of?
Limitour is the obsolete form of limiter.

Words near limitour in the dictionary

  1. limitive
  2. limitless
  3. limitlessly
  4. limitlessness
  5. limitlessnesses
  6. limitour
  7. limitours
  8. limitrophe
  9. limitrophes
  10. limits
  11. limits inferior

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Adapted from Wiktionary: limitour (page history and authors); limiter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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