Limit
Origin: Lat. limes, -ĭtis
The boundary of possible values or states of some variable, system operation, or numerical set. There may be upper limits and lower limits.
Spanish: Límite
Sources and references
- Gutierrez, Miguel Angel. “Futures studies glossary.”cited 43 times
Term connections
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Mentioned by
- Artificial intelligence
- Clarke's Three Laws of the Future
- Convergent
- Cross impact analysis method
- Ecosystem management
- Extrapolative methods
- Fitting curve
- Minitrends
- Modelski model
- Moore’s Law
- Nanopathogen
- Neo-malthusianism
- Optimization
- Overshoot and collapse
- Paradigm blindness
- Regulation
- Search conference
- Systematic intuitions
- Sustainable development principle
- Time horizon (event horizon, timeframe)
- Vision in futures
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