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English word

limit

B1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈlɪmɪt/US /ˈlɪmɪt/
noun

the greatest or smallest amount of something that is allowed

verb

to stop something from increasing beyond a particular amount or level

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Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)
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So then, what are the limiting factors on progress?

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)

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However, the limits of Moore's scaling, of transistor scaling, and instruction-level parallelism have slowed CPU performance.

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the Paris climate change agreement goal of limiting global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030.

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