(biology) The number of times that a normal cell population will divide before it stops, presumably because the telomeres shorten to a critical length.

A limit set to curb spending, such as an allowance or a limit on the amount of money that can be withdrawn

(especially Canada, US, in the plural) The boundaries of a city. / (singular or plural) A point on the boundary of a city.

(algebra) A set of equivalence classes which partition the disjoint union of the members of a direct system; each equivalence class being a sort of “drainage basin” of the mappings (of the morphisms) of the direct system, if these are analogically considered as “rivers”. (If i

plural of limit bid

An extreme or marginal instance of a phenomenon, in which the key variable quality or value is at the minimum or maximum extent of its possible variation.

The limit of achievable efficiency described by Betz's law.

An offer to buy in an auction for any value up to a specified maximum.

plural of limit order

(aviation) The maximum deflection that a control surface is capable of reaching under given flight conditions; past this limit, the aerodynamic forces acting on the control surface exceed the maximum opposing force available from the control surface's actuators.