Limit and Throttle

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Limit verb - Place limits on (extent or access).

Usage example: limit the time you can spend with your friends

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Throttle is a synonym for limit. In some cases you can use "Throttle" instead a verb "Limit".

Throttle verb - Place limits on (extent or access).

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Limit is a synonym for throttle. Sometimes you can use "Limit" instead a verb "Throttle".

Nearby Words: throttled, throttling

someone	limit someone	throttle someone
player	limit player	throttle player

You very rarely have to push the throttle to its limit, since your car already has much higher acceleration than normal passenger cars.

Source: Video Game / Richard Burns Rally
These will either limit power by restricting the throttle when it detects traction giving, or may apply the brakes automatically on select wheels.

Source: Power Limiter
The smallest unit of memory described is the "bloc," able to hold "a large library." The only notable limit on what computers can do is the "Comm Crunch," which states that cellular bandwidth is in very short supply (so the GM can arbitrarily throttle the PC's communications, as needed by the plot).

Source: Zeerust

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