English Explanatory Dictionary

limiter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. That which limits or confines.
  2. A circuit that allows signals below a specified input threshold to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals.
  3. A friar who had a license to beg within certain bounds.

Word forms

limiter limiters

Etymology

From limit + -er.

Derived words

brick-wall limiter rate limiter speed limiter
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