limiter

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limiter - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Limiter \Lim"it*er\ (l[i^]m"[i^]t*[~e]r), n.
     1. One who, or that which, limits.
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     2. A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose
        duty was limited to a certain district. [Formerly written
        also limitour.] --Chaucer.
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              A limitour of the Gray Friars, in the time of his
              limitation, preached many times, and had but one
              sermon at all times.                  --Latimer.
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limiter - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  limiter
      n 1: (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); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion"
           [syn: limiter, clipper]