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[ noun ] the smallest possible quantity
Synonyms Used in print (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)The lower_limit was determined by the fact that for smaller flow_rates the arc started to strike to the anode holder instead of to the porous graphite plug and that it became highly unstable . (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)It appears possible to set a lower_limit of about * * f for the activation_energy of the abstraction of a chlorine atom from a carbon_tetrachloride molecule by a chlorine atom to form * * f radical . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Lawrence_E_._Griffin gives measurements of nineteen young anacondas , presumably members of a brood , from `` South_America '' ; the extreme measurements of these fall between the lower_limit of the Brookfield brood and its average . Related terms maximum extremum small_indefinite_quantity skeleton minimize understate |
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[ noun ] the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something
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