transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈli-mə-tiŋ ]
adjective
Date: 1644
1.
a. : functioning as a limit : restrictive
limiting value
b. : being an environmental factor (as a nutrient) that limits the population size of an organism
2. : serving to specify the application of the modified noun
this in “this book” is a limiting word
• lim·it·ing·ly adverb