limitation

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; load-shedding
cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply; arms control
a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country; hold-down
a limitation or constraint; freeze
fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; clampdown
sudden restriction on an activity; hiring freeze
a freeze on hiring; price freeze
a freeze of prices at a given level; wage freeze
a freeze of wages at a given level

Type of:: regulating, regulation
the act of controlling or directing according to rule

“it is a good plan but it has serious limitations”

Type of:: disadvantage
the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position

“it is growing rapidly with no limitation in sight”

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; extremum, peak
the most extreme possible amount or value; cutoff
a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated; lower limit, minimum
the smallest possible quantity; maximum, upper limit
the largest possible quantity

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; narrowness
a restriction of range or scope; quantification
a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no'); restraint
a rule or condition that limits freedom; floodgate
something that restrains a flood or outpouring

Type of:: regulation, rule
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior

“statute of limitations”

Type of:: time limit
a time period within which something must be done or completed

DEFINITIONS OF: limitation