plural of Hayashi limit

(astrophysics) A theoretical maximum radius of a star of given mass; the radius at which the inward force of gravity exactly balances the outward pressure of the gas of the star.

(law) A type or form of for-profit incorporated company where ownership is divided into shares, and where the governing rules are set forth in a contract entered into by all of the initial shareholders. The name derives from the fact that regardless of potential losses or even bankruptcy of the corporation, individual shareholders will bear a maximum liability of the price they paid for their shares.

(cricket) One-day cricket.

(statistics and mathematics, singular only) The theorem that states that if the sum of independent identically distributed random variables has a finite variance, then it will be approximately normally distributed.

plural of limited liability company

plural of public limited company

A publicly traded limited liability company in the United Kingdom and some other jurisdictions.

(aviation, travel, fare construction) The date and time by which a ticket must be issued for a reservation to avoid cancellation of the booking and/or expiration of the fare quote.

(mechanics) A type of differential that allows its output shafts to rotate at different speeds but can limit the maximum difference in angular velocity between the output shafts, allowing greater torque to be applied to the slower-spinning shaft(s) and generally resulting in better traction than older-design differentials.