limiter

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noun

That which limits or confines.

“The limiter automatically put on the brakes to keep the machine from going too fast.”

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Meanings

nounlimiter (plural limiters)

plural limiters

  1. That which limits or confines.

    The limiter automatically put on the brakes to keep the machine from going too fast.

  2. businessA circuit that allows signals below a specified input threshold to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals.
  3. historicalA friar who had a license to beg within certain bounds.

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform)

Similar
clipper
Broader
circuitelectrical circuitelectric circuit
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clipperretarder

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From limit + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with limiter

delimitercalorimeterscimitardimetertrimeter
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Anagrams

Leitrimrelimit
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APA

limiter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limiter

MLA

“limiter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limiter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “limiter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/limiter.

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