limiter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: limiter	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limiter n (electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform); "a limiter introduces amplitude distortion" Synonym(s): limiter, clipper
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Limiter \Lim"it*er\ (-[etil]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, limits. 2. A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district. [Formerly written also {limitour}.] --Chaucer. A limitour of the Gray Friars, in the time of his limitation, preached many times, and had but one sermon at all times. --Latimer.