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(′lim·əts)
(design engineering) In dimensioning, the maximum and minimum values prescribed for a specific dimension; the limits may be of size if the dimension concerned is a size dimension, or they may be of location if the dimension concerned is a location dimension.
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IN BRIEF: A boundary line.
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
— Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
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