practical limit
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpracticalandlimit
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practical
adjective
uk/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas ...
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limit
noun
uk/ˈlɪm.ɪt/us/ˈlɪm.ɪt/
the greatest amount, number, or level of something that is either possible ...
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(Definition ofpracticalandlimitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The question is: whatpracticallimitis there?
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Once thepracticallimitof abbreviated inpatient stays is reached, further efficiencies will be attainable chiefly by addressing clinical practices themselves.
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We will not hold that against him, but we want apracticallimit.
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But there is apracticallimitto the extent to which specific regulations can be used.
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We do not see anypracticallimitto the total volume of the transport.
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I think that 17 or even 16 would be a morepracticallimit.
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That represents apracticallimitto the generosity of each member of the working population.
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Nevertheless, difficulties in fabricating highly porous targets and non-uniform material response of the porous sample to shock loading imposes apracticallimitto the minimum density of a specimen.
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Although it is theoretically possible to increase the number of servers to increase bandwidth, there is apracticallimiton the number of servers that can be effectively maintained.
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They are very complex and that of itself places apracticallimiton those who can use them.
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The current rate of consumption is close to thepracticallimitof agricultural lime production under average conditions.
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However, we are proposing to relax the means test somewhat this year, still keeping it within apracticallimit.
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There is one very simplepracticallimit, and that is the extent to which you can increase production.
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Thepracticallimitwas about 80 aircraft at one time.
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In a sense it is never early enough to start careers guidance, but 13 is apracticallimitat which to start.
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On the basis of the present scale of activity of the two industries this would represent thepracticallimitof production.
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I have no doubt that everybody would be better off if that were done, but, in fact, we have to have apracticallimit.
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Thepracticallimitis around 12-bit per pixel, 4,096 different indices.
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Thepracticallimitfor diesel-powered train service is about 125 mph.
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Thepracticallimitwas simply the physical file capacity made available for the particular application.
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We do not yet know thepracticallimitof long-term memory capacity.
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There is nopracticallimitto the number of languages that could be translated and included.
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If you are going to do justice to the child and justice to the classes, you must have apracticallimitplaced upon the size of the classes.
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This creates apracticallimitto how far apart the artists in a group can be from one another.
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However, losses through stray capacitance increase with increasing clock frequency and apracticallimitis around a few hundred kilohertz.
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