limitern.

Brit.

/ˈlɪmᵻtə/, U.S.

/ˈlɪmᵻdər/

Forms: late Middle English limetour, late Middle English lymitur, late Middle English (in a late copy) 1600s limitor, late Middle English–1500s lymytour, late Middle English–1500s (1600s Scottish) lymitour, late Middle English–1800s limitour, 1500s limitoure, 1500s limmeter, 1500s limyter, 1500s lymyter, 1500s lymytor, 1500s–1600s lymiter, 1500s– limiter, 1600s (Scottish) lumitor.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French limiteur ; limit v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Originally (in sense 1) < Anglo-Norman limiteur, limitour mendicant friar licensed to preach, hear confessions, and beg within a defined area (1316 or earlier; < limite limit n. + -eur , -our -or suffix). In later use < limit v. + -er suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin limitator person who marks boundaries (5th cent.), mendicant friar licensed to preach, hear confessions, and beg within a defined area (from c1340 in British sources; probably after English or Anglo-Norman), Middle French, French †limitateur person who limits something or someone (first quarter of the 16th cent.), French limiteur person who limits something or someone (1606), electronic device (1923).With the forms in -or compare -or suffix.

1. A friar licensed to preach, hear confessions, and beg within a defined area, usually within the territory of the convent to which he belongs. Also friar limiter. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > licensed beggar > within certain limits

limiterc1400

limiting friarc1576

limitarya1662

society > faith > church government > monasticism > friar > [noun] > begging > within limits

limiterc1400

limiting friarc1576

limitarya1662

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. l. 138 On limitoures and listres lesynges I ymped.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 840 The grete charitee and prayeres Of lymytours and othere holy freres.

?c1430 (c1383) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 5 (MED) Þei ordeynen ydiotis to ben lymytours þat best kunnyn begge.

1516 Will of R. Peke of Wakefield in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 74 To every lymytor of the iiij Orders of Freers..xxd.

1552 H. Latimer Serm. (1562) 94 A limitoure of the graye fryers, in the tyme of his limitation preached manye tymes and hadde but one Sermon.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie ix. 1 There neuer was Fryer limiter, that duckt So low, where beggyng woon him twenty cheeses.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 85 I meane me to disguize..like a Pilgrim, or a Lymiter.

1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? To Rdr. Some of our Catholique Limitors, had beene roming..in the countrey, and brake into my pale secretly.

1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 152 Limitors and holy Friers supply the Place of Fairies. Their Orizons, Anthems and Prayers have conjur'd down all Fayries.

1828 T. Russell Wks. Sc. & Eng. Reformers II. 537 It is not unlikely there were several..limiters in every convent, and that they were sent out in different directions, each having his prescribed limits for the performance of his office.

1888 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. July 514 The poor priest took the blessing of Wyclif, and went out to travel...If he bore a wallet, it was not, like the limiter, to beg, but to carry books.

1950 in W. Frost Age of Chaucer Introd. 4 Some [sc. friars] were assigned a specific district in which to operate, and were hence known as ‘limiters’.

1991 Lit. & Theol. 5 335 Unbeneficed secular clergy..invited uneasy comparisons with landless lay labourers, with the limiters among the friars, and even with itinerant entertainers.

a. A person who or thing which limits something or someone.In quots. 1483 & 1570 perhaps = sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > one who or that which restricts or limits

limiter1483

contractor1629

restrictive1629

restrictor1825

restrictionist1849

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > one who or that which restricts or limits

limiter1483

stinter1605

contractor1629

restrictor1825

1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 217 A Lymytour, limitator.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Gi^v/2 A Limiter, limitator.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §5. 180 The Sunne is not that infinite limitour, which..setteth seuerall bounds, vnto all other things.

a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. i. 30 So hoyst we The sayles, that must these vessells port even where The heavenly Lymiter pleases.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 54 Abolishing a law so good and moral, the limiter of sin.

1704 R. Park Defensive War by Sea iv. 145 This or that single Person, who is no more the Limiter of another's Courage than Arbitrator of his Liberty.

1750 T. Knowles Script.-doctr. vi. 117 Since no limiter can be assigned to fix the boundaries of it, the Heaven of Heavens..may never be able to contain it.

1849 T. M. Post Pilgrim Fathers 10 Not, therefore, as saints, or demigods, or arbiters and limiters of human reason and faith would we do them honor.

1876 W. J. Gill Analyt. Processes vi. 164 The thought of myself as limited involves the thought of a limiter or of something which limits me.

1907 W. James Pragmatism viii. 282 It sees it as a container and limiter of possibilities.

1957 Ethics 68 19/2 The negative conception of freedom,..inevitably leads men to see other men as the limiters of their freedom.

2005 L. Bentley in C. Gandolfo Woman Triathlete vii. 89 The buildup of lactic acid is the great limiter of athletic performance.

b. Electronics. A circuit or device whose output is restricted to a certain range of values irrespective of the size of the input.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > [noun] > output device

limiter1919

tripler1924

mixer1936

quadrupler1938

quantizer1948

summer1958

1919 R. Stanley Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. (new ed.) II. xiv. 274 To a certain extent the H.F. amplifying valves of the Marconi Co., known as the V.24 type, are limiters, since their characteristic curves are of short range.

1930 H. M. Dowsett Handbk. Techn. Instr. Wireless Telegraphists (ed. 4) xx. 297 The use of the limiter makes the signal currents more suitable for operating relays or recording apparatus.

1972 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Sept. 101/3 Since the amplitude of the FM carrier is constant, limiters can be used to reduce impulse noise.

2006 W. A. Richter Radio vii. 145 Some people swear by compressors and limiters, while others say they make the music sound clipped.

c. A device which limits the speed of an engine or vehicle; = speed limiter n. at speed n. Additions; cf. governor n. 8.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > other controls

governor1797

self-regulator1822

steering1877

telekin1905

trip-wire1916

limiter1968

1968 Pop. Sci. Dec. 36/1 Available both as an adjustable and a preset governor, the Electronic RPM Limiter eliminates risk of engine damage from excessively high revs.

1976 Cycle World Jan. 56/2 The PEI ignition has a limiter built in that slows the buildup of sparks at 10,500 rpm.

1988 Times 18 Feb. 2/2 All new coaches will be required to be fitted with limiters from April 1.

2000 Adv. Driving (Inst. Adv. Motorists) Summer 54/3 How many drivers..will hit the brick wall of a limiter at exactly 60 mph and be unable to complete the manoeuvre?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	limiter
释义	limitern. Brit. /ˈlɪmᵻtə/, U.S. /ˈlɪmᵻdər/ Forms: late Middle English limetour, late Middle English lymitur, late Middle English (in a late copy) 1600s limitor, late Middle English–1500s lymytour, late Middle English–1500s (1600s Scottish) lymitour, late Middle English–1800s limitour, 1500s limitoure, 1500s limmeter, 1500s limyter, 1500s lymyter, 1500s lymytor, 1500s–1600s lymiter, 1500s– limiter, 1600s (Scottish) lumitor. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French limiteur ; limit v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: Originally (in sense 1) < Anglo-Norman limiteur, limitour mendicant friar licensed to preach, hear confessions, and beg within a defined area (1316 or earlier; < limite limit n. + -eur , -our -or suffix). In later use < limit v. + -er suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin limitator person who marks boundaries (5th cent.), mendicant friar licensed to preach, hear confessions, and beg within a defined area (from c1340 in British sources; probably after English or Anglo-Norman), Middle French, French †limitateur person who limits something or someone (first quarter of the 16th cent.), French limiteur person who limits something or someone (1606), electronic device (1923).With the forms in -or compare -or suffix. 1. A friar licensed to preach, hear confessions, and beg within a defined area, usually within the territory of the convent to which he belongs. Also friar limiter. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar > licensed beggar > within certain limits limiterc1400 limiting friarc1576 limitarya1662 society > faith > church government > monasticism > friar > [noun] > begging > within limits limiterc1400 limiting friarc1576 limitarya1662 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. l. 138 On limitoures and listres lesynges I ymped. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 840 The grete charitee and prayeres Of lymytours and othere holy freres. ?c1430 (c1383) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 5 (MED) Þei ordeynen ydiotis to ben lymytours þat best kunnyn begge. 1516 Will of R. Peke of Wakefield in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 74 To every lymytor of the iiij Orders of Freers..xxd. 1552 H. Latimer Serm. (1562) 94 A limitoure of the graye fryers, in the tyme of his limitation preached manye tymes and hadde but one Sermon. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie ix. 1 There neuer was Fryer limiter, that duckt So low, where beggyng woon him twenty cheeses. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 85 I meane me to disguize..like a Pilgrim, or a Lymiter. 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? To Rdr. Some of our Catholique Limitors, had beene roming..in the countrey, and brake into my pale secretly. 1665 R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales Chaucer 152 Limitors and holy Friers supply the Place of Fairies. Their Orizons, Anthems and Prayers have conjur'd down all Fayries. 1828 T. Russell Wks. Sc. & Eng. Reformers II. 537 It is not unlikely there were several..limiters in every convent, and that they were sent out in different directions, each having his prescribed limits for the performance of his office. 1888 Wesleyan-Methodist Mag. July 514 The poor priest took the blessing of Wyclif, and went out to travel...If he bore a wallet, it was not, like the limiter, to beg, but to carry books. 1950 in W. Frost Age of Chaucer Introd. 4 Some [sc. friars] were assigned a specific district in which to operate, and were hence known as ‘limiters’. 1991 Lit. & Theol. 5 335 Unbeneficed secular clergy..invited uneasy comparisons with landless lay labourers, with the limiters among the friars, and even with itinerant entertainers. 2. a. A person who or thing which limits something or someone.In quots. 1483 & 1570 perhaps = sense 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > one who or that which restricts or limits limiter1483 contractor1629 restrictive1629 restrictor1825 restrictionist1849 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > one who or that which restricts or limits limiter1483 stinter1605 contractor1629 restrictor1825 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 217 A Lymytour, limitator. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Gi^v/2 A Limiter, limitator. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. i. §5. 180 The Sunne is not that infinite limitour, which..setteth seuerall bounds, vnto all other things. a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) v. i. 30 So hoyst we The sayles, that must these vessells port even where The heavenly Lymiter pleases. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 54 Abolishing a law so good and moral, the limiter of sin. 1704 R. Park Defensive War by Sea iv. 145 This or that single Person, who is no more the Limiter of another's Courage than Arbitrator of his Liberty. 1750 T. Knowles Script.-doctr. vi. 117 Since no limiter can be assigned to fix the boundaries of it, the Heaven of Heavens..may never be able to contain it. 1849 T. M. Post Pilgrim Fathers 10 Not, therefore, as saints, or demigods, or arbiters and limiters of human reason and faith would we do them honor. 1876 W. J. Gill Analyt. Processes vi. 164 The thought of myself as limited involves the thought of a limiter or of something which limits me. 1907 W. James Pragmatism viii. 282 It sees it as a container and limiter of possibilities. 1957 Ethics 68 19/2 The negative conception of freedom,..inevitably leads men to see other men as the limiters of their freedom. 2005 L. Bentley in C. Gandolfo Woman Triathlete vii. 89 The buildup of lactic acid is the great limiter of athletic performance. b. Electronics. A circuit or device whose output is restricted to a certain range of values irrespective of the size of the input. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > [noun] > output device limiter1919 tripler1924 mixer1936 quadrupler1938 quantizer1948 summer1958 1919 R. Stanley Text-bk. Wireless Telegr. (new ed.) II. xiv. 274 To a certain extent the H.F. amplifying valves of the Marconi Co., known as the V.24 type, are limiters, since their characteristic curves are of short range. 1930 H. M. Dowsett Handbk. Techn. Instr. Wireless Telegraphists (ed. 4) xx. 297 The use of the limiter makes the signal currents more suitable for operating relays or recording apparatus. 1972 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Sept. 101/3 Since the amplitude of the FM carrier is constant, limiters can be used to reduce impulse noise. 2006 W. A. Richter Radio vii. 145 Some people swear by compressors and limiters, while others say they make the music sound clipped. c. A device which limits the speed of an engine or vehicle; = speed limiter n. at speed n. Additions; cf. governor n. 8. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > other controls governor1797 self-regulator1822 steering1877 telekin1905 trip-wire1916 limiter1968 1968 Pop. Sci. Dec. 36/1 Available both as an adjustable and a preset governor, the Electronic RPM Limiter eliminates risk of engine damage from excessively high revs. 1976 Cycle World Jan. 56/2 The PEI ignition has a limiter built in that slows the buildup of sparks at 10,500 rpm. 1988 Times 18 Feb. 2/2 All new coaches will be required to be fitted with limiters from April 1. 2000 Adv. Driving (Inst. Adv. Motorists) Summer 54/3 How many drivers..will hit the brick wall of a limiter at exactly 60 mph and be unable to complete the manoeuvre? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1400
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