LOWER LIMIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lower limit mean? 

• LOWER LIMIT (noun)
  The noun LOWER LIMIT has 2 senses:

1. the smallest possible quantity

2. the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something

  Familiarity information: LOWER LIMIT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOWER LIMIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The smallest possible quantity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

lower limit; minimum

Hypernyms ("lower limit" is a kind of...):

extremum; peak (the most extreme possible amount or value)

small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lower limit"):

skeleton (something reduced to its minimal form)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("lower limit" is a kind of...):

demarcation; demarcation line; limit (the boundary of a specific area)

 Context examples 

Of questionable or minimal quality; just barely adequate or within a lower limit.

(Marginal, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates the lower limit permissible for a value.

(Low Value Number, NCI Thesaurus)

The lower limit on timing values to be included in the calculation of Lambda z.

(Lambda Z Time Lower Limit, NCI Thesaurus)

The lower limit of the laboratory test reference range, as reported in original units.

(Laboratory Test Reference Range Lower Limit Original Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

This number most likely represents a lower limit, since only 128 odors, in mixtures of 30 or less components, were tested.

(Humans Can Identify More Than 1 Trillion Smells, NIH, US)