UPPER LIMIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does upper limit mean? 

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

1. the largest possible quantity

2. the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPPER LIMIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The largest possible quantity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

maximum; upper limit

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

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

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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

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

 Context examples 

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

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

Reported upper limit of the test reference range.

(High Test Reference Range, NCI Thesaurus)

For adolescents and adults, they recommend 4,000 IUs as the upper daily limit; 2,000 was a previous upper limit.

(High Doses of Vitamin D Rapidly Reduce Arterial Stiffness, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Indicates the upper limit permissible for a value.

(High Value Number, NCI Thesaurus)

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

(Lambda Z Time Upper Limit, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by elevation of the body's temperature above the upper limit of normal.

(Fever, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Characteristic of a filter that gives the upper limit for the frequency content that essentially passes through it.

(Filter Cutoff Frequency, NCI Thesaurus)

The upper limit of efficacy where diminishing returns result from increasing dosages.

(Ceiling Effect, NCI Thesaurus)

The short duration of the pulses puts an upper limit on the density of the halo gas because passage through a denser medium would broaden the duration of the radio signal.

(Enigmatic radio burst illuminates a galaxy’s tranquil ​halo, ESO)

Testing the devices response to variations in air pressure for detecting sound with frequencies greater than upper limit of human hearing (> 20 kHz).

(Device Ultrasonic Sound Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)