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limit
A number or point for which, from a given set of numbers or points, one can choose an arbitrarily close number or point. For example, for the set of all real numbers greater than zero and less than one, the numbers one and zero are limit points, since one can pick a number from the set arbitrarily close to one or zero (even though one and zero are not themselves in the set). Limits form the basis for calculus , where a number L is defined to be the limit approached by a function f(x) as x approaches a if, for every positive number Ɛ, there exists a number ẟ such that | f(x)−L | < Ɛ if 0 < | x−a | < ẟ.
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  1. A number or point for which, from a given set of numbers or points, one can choose an arbitrarily close number or point. For example, for the set of all real numbers greater than zero and less than one, the numbers one and zero are limit points, since one can pick a number from the set arbitrarily close to one or zero (even though one and zero are not themselves in the set). Limits form the basis for calculus , where a number L is defined to be the limit approached by a function f(x) as x approaches a if, for every positive number Ɛ, there exists a number ẟ such that | f(x)−L | < Ɛ if 0 < | x−a | < ẟ.
  2. Legal limit
  3. The point, edge, or line beyond which something ends, may not go, or is not allowed:
outside
The utmost limit; the maximum:
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  1. The utmost limit; the maximum:
  2. (Sports) A position at a distance from the inside or center, as of a playing field or racetrack.
  3. The space beyond a boundary or limit.
limb
One of the appendages of an animal, such as an arm of a starfish, the flipper of dolphins, or the arm and leg of a human, used for locomotion or grasping.
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  1. One of the appendages of an animal, such as an arm of a starfish, the flipper of dolphins, or the arm and leg of a human, used for locomotion or grasping.
  2. A thing or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else.
  3. An elementary piece of the mechanism of a lock.
hand
Physical assistance; help:
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  1. Physical assistance; help:
  2. A portion or section of a game during which all the cards dealt out are played:
  3. (Sports) A hand ball in soccer.
foot
A structure used for locomotion or attachment in an invertebrate animal, such as the muscular organ extending from the ventral side of a mollusk.
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  1. A structure used for locomotion or attachment in an invertebrate animal, such as the muscular organ extending from the ventral side of a mollusk.
  2. Foot soldiers; infantry.
  3. The end opposite the head, top, or front:
crisis
A time of, or a state of affairs involving, great danger or trouble, often one which threatens to result in unpleasant consequences
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  1. A time of, or a state of affairs involving, great danger or trouble, often one which threatens to result in unpleasant consequences
  2. A sudden change in the course of a disease or fever, toward either improvement or deterioration.
  3. A crucial or decisive point or situation, especially a difficult or unstable situation involving an impending change.
emergency
A serious situation or occurrence that happens unexpectedly and demands immediate action.
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  1. A serious situation or occurrence that happens unexpectedly and demands immediate action.
  2. A situation which poses an immediate threat to human life or health and requires urgent assistance.
  3. A condition of urgent need for action or assistance:
flash point
(Figuratively) A hotspot; a dangerous place of violent political unrest
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  1. (Figuratively) A hotspot; a dangerous place of violent political unrest
  2. The lowest temperature at which the vapor of a flammable liquid will ignite in air. The flash point is generally lower than the temperature needed for the liquid itself to ignite.
  3. The point at which eruption into significant action, creation, or violence occurs:
Find another word for extremity. In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for extremity, like: limit, outside, utmost point, limb, hand, foot, edge, end, limit, appendage and finger.

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  • extremity of the island.

  • The hare in its extremity cries like a child.

  • It receives many streams, and discharges at the south-western extremity by the Ericht.

  • Turris Libisonis was also connected with Othoca by a road along the west coast, passing through Tharros, Cornus and Bosa; this road went on to Tibula 2 (Capo della Testa) at the north extremity of the island and so by the coast to Olbia.

  • On reaching the North American coast, he proceeded northward, fixed the position of the western extremity of America and surveyed Bering Strait.

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