limiter

Noun

lim=it=er

WORDNET DICTIONARY

limiter(n = noun.artifact) clipper - (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"

is a kind of circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit

Derived form verb limit₁

limiter, n.

One who, or that which, limits. [1913 Webster]
A friar licensed to beg within certain bounds, or whose duty was limited to a certain district. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
"A limitour of the Gray Friars, in the time of his limitation, preached many times, and had but one sermon at all times." [1913 Webster]

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