antilimit

noun, adj — 2 senses

antilimit

noun

Etymology From anti- + limit.

1

Mathematics, Sciences The result produced by the formula for the limit of a parameterized series applied to any parameter values in which the series is not convergent.

antilimit

adj

Etymology From anti- + limit.

1

Opposed to a limit or limits.

  • A further mistake of the antilimit forces in 1992 was that they focused on loss of clout, appealing to the voter's narrow interests, rather than arguing against term limits on principle.1995, Victor Kamber, Giving Up on Democracy: Why Term Limits Are Bad for America, →ISBN:
  • The Black local's contract granted equal division of work at the same time that it extracted antilimit and antistrike pledges.1988, Daniel Rosenberg, New Orleans Dockworkers: Race, Labor, and Unionism 1892-1923, →ISBN:
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  • For two weeks of what one alderman described as "a long, laborious and exciting struggle," Chicago's property owners did what they had been doing for twenty-five years: they petitioned and remonstrated about their particular blocks until the council drew a line that seemed to place most prolimit proprietors inside and most antilimit proprietors outside the fire Limit.2001, Robin L. Einhorn, Property Rules: Political Economy in Chicago, 1833-1872, →ISBN, page 239:

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