"lower limit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lower limits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lower limit (plural lower limits)
  1. (mathematical analysis) Synonym of limit inferior Synonyms: limit inferior [synonym, synonym-of] Translations (the lower limit of a sequence of real numbers): alaraja-arvo (Finnish), alaraja (Finnish), dolna granica [feminine] (Polish), límite inferior [masculine] (Spanish)

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