lower limit


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Noun1.lower limit - the smallest possible quantitylower limit - the smallest possible quantity  
peak, extremum - the most extreme possible amount or value; "voltage peak"
small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
skeleton - something reduced to its minimal form; "the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self"; "the bare skeleton of a novel"
2.lower limit - the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something
demarcation, demarcation line, limit - the boundary of a specific area
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In fact, this nearly exact balancing between the supply of sediment and the amount of subsidence is probably a rare contingency; for it has been observed by more than one palaeontologist, that very thick deposits are usually barren of organic remains, except near their upper or lower limits.
Patients with a PLT count at POM 3 below the normal lower limit (125x[10.sup.9]/L) were classified as the non-normal group (n=16) and those with a PLT count [greater than or equal to]125x[10.sup.9]/L were placed in the normal group (n=107).
And the longer the lower limit exists, the greater this loss will be.
A spokesman said that a traffic regulation order bringing in the lower limit was introduced on August 1 and is due to last six months.
NEW 20mph speed limit signs and road markings are being introduced to Birmingham city centre as the rollout of lower limits continues.
The charity claims this is at odds with his stated intentions to discuss the experience of the lower limit in Scotland and get access to robust evidence of the road safety impact.
Yesterday was the first day of the new lower limit which is aimed at increasing road safety.
THE Scottish Government are pushing for even stricter drink-driving laws just weeks after a new lower limit was introduced.
The patients were divided into 4 groups according to their postoperative TSH level: strongly suppressed (less than V10 of the lower limit of normal), moderately suppressed (between Vio of the lower limit and the lower limit), normal range, and above the normal range.
A team led by physicists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, used data from the Hubble Space Telescope to set a lower limit for the blazar's redshift (z = 0.6035), which corresponds to a distance of at least 7.4 billion light-years.

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