OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 9047

ceiling

/ˈsiːlɪŋ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cielo raso • cielorraso • plafón • techo
The upper limit of an object or action.
Market forces naturally move the economy to the equilibrium, and the price ceiling has no effect on the price or the quantity sold.
[…] and only at Barnet did Tappin give Empire of India a burst to bring us up to the 60 m.p.h. speed ceiling of the London area.
techo
The highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight.
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