AllBusiness.com definesdefine afactor limitinglimitante (constrainingrestritivo) factorcomo as anun "itemítem thatque restrictsrestrinxe orou limitslimita productiona orprodución saleou ofvenda adun givenproduto productdado". TheExemplos examples provided includeson: "limitedas machinehoras hoursde andmáquina labor-hourslimitadas ande shortagehoras ofde materialstraballo ande skilleda escaseza de materiais e de traballo laborespecializado. OtherOutros limitingfactores factorslimitantes maypoden beser cubicos feetcentímetros ofcúbicos displayde orexhibición warehouseou spacede espazo de almacén, orou workingo capital de traballo."<ref>{{cite news|journal=AllBusiness Business Glossary|title=Business definition for: Limiting (constraining) factor|accessdate=April 28, 2013|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/glossaries/constraining-limiting-factor/4949815-1.html}}</ref> The term is also frequently used in technology literature.<ref>{{cite news|authors=Sheriff, A., Bouchlaghem, D., El-Hamalawi, A., and Yeomans, S. |year=2012|title=Information Management in UK-Based Architecture and Engineering Organizations: Drivers, Constraining Factors, and Barriers|journal=Journal of Management Engineering|volume =28 |issue =2|pages= 170–180}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Institutional Factors in Information Technology Innovation|authors=
John Leslie King, Vijay Gurbaxani, Kenneth L. Kraemer, F. Warren McFarlan, K. S. Raman & C. S. Yap|journal= Information Systems Research |doi=10.1287/isre.5.2.139 |date= June 1994 |volume= 5 |number= 2|pages= 139–169 |url=http://isr.journal.informs.org/content/5/2/139.abstract
In the design of [[chemical reaction]]s to produce a chemical product, one of the reagents may be consumed by the reaction before the others. The amount of product is limited by the supply of this reagent. This [[limiting reagent]] determines the theoretical [[Yield (chemistry)|yield]] of the reaction.
No deseño dunha reacción química para producir un determinado produto químico, un dos reactivos pode ser consumido pola reacción antes que outros. A cantidade de produto está limitado pola subministración deste reactivo. Este [[reactivo limitante]] determina o rendemento teórico da reacción.
