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Noun: lower limit
  1. The smallest possible quantity
    "They set a lower limit on the number of participants";
    - minimum
     
  2. The limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something
    "The lower limit of the coral reef was at a depth of 30 meters"

Derived forms: lower limits

Type of: demarcation, demarcation line, extremum, limit, peak, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity

Antonym: maximum

Encyclopedia: Lower limit