lower limit

Questions about lower limit

What does lower limit mean?

lower limit means "the smallest possible quantity". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for lower limit?

Close synonyms include minimum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lower limit a common word?

lower limit is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.