limiter
nounEtymology From limit + -er.
1
That which limits or confines.
- The limiter automatically put on the brakes to keep the machine from going too fast.
2
Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A circuit that allows signals below a specified input threshold to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals.
3
Historical A friar who had a license to beg within certain bounds.
- Derived terms
- brick-wall limiter, rate limiter, speed limiter