# limiter

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #50,045

## Definitions
1. That which limits or confines.
2. A circuit that allows signals below a specified input threshold to pass unaffected while attenuating the peaks of stronger signals.
3. A friar who had a license to beg within certain bounds.

## Etymology
From limit + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/limiter