numerical limit

collocation in English

meaningsofnumericalandlimit

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numerical
adjective
uk
/njuːˈmer.ɪ.kəl/us
/nuːˈmer.ɪ.kəl/
involving or expressed ...
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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 ofnumericalandlimitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnumerical limit

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There is a certainnumericallimitbelow which effective opposition is virtually impossible.
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The issue of permits is not subject to anumericallimit; but permits are issued only where resident labour is not available.
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The new towns have in many respects reached theirnumericallimit.
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I cannot help feeling that at the end of the day we may find that anumericallimitof some kind is the only practical solution.
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Many societies also limit their membership to a specificnumericallimitin a class year.
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I suggest that fixed numerical limits may play little role in the psychological processing of language.
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The names have to be restricted within certain numerical limits.
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The size of the zones will depend on the way in which any numerical limits in the criteria are interpreted.
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The reasons are hard and uncomfortable and are demonstrable by testing the working families tax credit strategy against its numerical limits.
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There are no numerical limits on the number of visas a consul can issue, but there is a limitation of certain categories.
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There are no numerical limits on the number of inspectors permitted to work here at any one time.
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We have regulated it by fixing numerical limits to the number of people whom we can admit in any one year to enter into permanent residence here.
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This classification removes the numerical limits on the number of immigrant visas available to them.
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The reason for this multitude and variety is a law which imposes only a few numerical limits to the establishment of employee organisations.
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Honorary members do not count towards the numerical limits in each class.
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There are no numerical limits or processing delays associated with dependent visas.
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Additional members, appointed on special occasions, are not counted in the numerical limits.
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The court affirmed the decision to change the rules, but remanded the specific numerical limits, since it believed the specific numbers to be arbitrary.
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While the numerical limits for ownership were supported by the court, the fact that they simply retained the existing numerical limits was not.
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Both counts are stored in signed integer variables with numerical limits larger than the number of items that can be stored and are allowed to wrap freely.
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