limiting factor
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limiting factor — n. an environmental factor that limits the growth or activities of an organism or that restricts the size of a population or its geographical range … English World dictionary
Limiting factor — A limiting factor or limiting resource is one that controls a process, such as organism growth or species population size or distribution. The availability of food, predation pressure, or availability of shelter are examples of factors that could … Wikipedia
limiting factor — principal budget factor A constraint in budgetary control and decision making, the existence of which prevents an organization from achieving higher levels of performance and profitability. On identifying the limiting factor, resources are… … Accounting dictionary
limiting factor — noun 1. : the factor that limits the reaction rate in any physiological process governed by many variables 2. : the environmental factor that is of predominant importance in restricting the size of a population lack of winter browse is a limiting … Useful english dictionary
limiting factor — Essential factor in the environment that is in short supply; thus limiting growth, some life process or population size … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
limiting factor — 1. Physiol. the slowest, therefore rate limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps. 2. Biol. an environmental factor that tends to limit population size. * * * … Universalium
limiting factor — A factor or condition that, either temporarily or permanently, impedes mission accomplishment. Illustrative examples are transportation network deficiencies, lack of in place facilities, malpositioned forces or materiel, extreme climatic… … Military dictionary
Limiting factor — Ограничивающий фактор … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
Limiting reagent — In chemistry, the limiting reagent, also known as the limiting reactant , is the chemical that determines how far the reaction will go before the chemical in question gets used up, causing the reaction to stop. The chemical of which there are… … Wikipedia
limiting — adjective 1 preventing any improvement or increase in something: limiting factor: A limiting factor in health care is the way resources are distributed. 2 informal preventing someone from developing and doing what they are interested in: The job… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
