limit point

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. accumulation point.

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limit point British  

noun

1. Also called: accumulation point.  maths (of a set) a point that is the limit of a sequence of points in the set

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Etymology

Origin of limit point

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The Wolf Pack also might want to limit point guard Lindsey Drew’s minutes as he returns from a ruptured Achilles tendon suffered last season.

From Washington Times

He said: "If we address this, we allow people to continue working for as long as they are able - and that's the limit point."

From BBC

Zeno’s paradox says that we’ll never actually get to 1, but from a limit point of view, we can get as close as we want.

From Scientific American

In the autumn the produce bills would flood the exchange market and gold would be sent from London as exchange got to the other limit point of 4.84.

From Project Gutenberg

There are no restrictions on the free export of gold when exchange reaches the limit point showing that the demand for bills on London exceeds the supply.

From Project Gutenberg