Hypertext Webster Gateway: "limiter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Limiter \Lim"it*er\ (-[~e]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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
limiter
n : (electronics) a circuit whose output is limited which serves
to limits the amplitude of a waveform or clip off the
peaks [syn: {clipper}]
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