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Lime (fruit)
Lime (fruit): acidic green citrus from several Citrus species, chiefly key lime (Citrus aurantifolia, citron × C. micrantha hybrid) and seedless triploid Persian lime (C. latifolia); 15 Mt lime-and-lemon production, U.S. supply ~97% from Mexico.
Lime (material)
Lime is a family of calcium chemicals, chiefly quicklime and hydrated lime, produced by heating limestone in kilns and used above all in steelmaking and construction.
Lime (transportation company)
Lime, also known as LimeBike, is a shared micromobility company operated by Neutron Holdings, renting e-scooters and e-bikes by the minute through a smartphone app in 230 cities across 29 countries.
Lime kilns
Lime kilns, also called limekilns, are furnaces that calcine limestone or chalk above 900°C into quicklime for mortar, agriculture, and steelmaking; used since Roman Britain, with surviving scheduled examples at Lindisfarne and Bellmanpark.
Lime mortar
Lime mortar is a masonry mortar made by mixing lime as the binder with sand and water, dominant from antiquity until the late nineteenth century and still used to repair traditional buildings.
Lime phosphate
Lime phosphate: traditional name for calcium phosphate; also an EU plant growth regulator active substance (EU ID 268, no CAS), not approved under Decision 2004/129/EC, default MRL 0.01 mg/kg.
Lime Rock Partners
Lime Rock Partners is a private equity firm founded in 1998 in Westport, Connecticut by Jonathan Farber and John Reynolds, investing solely in upstream oil and gas.
Lime sulphur
Lime sulphur (calcium polysulfide, calda sulfocálcica) is an organic-approved fungicide, bactericide, acaricide, and apple bloom thinner; it releases hydrogen sulfide, works best curatively on wet foliage, but is phytotoxic and can raise black rot severity in kale.
Limeira
Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil; also called Capital Nacional da Joia Folheada. Municipality of about 300,000 founded 1826, known for costume jewelry (70% of national market), citrus seedlings, and coffee-era Fazenda Ibicaba immigration history.
Limejump
Limejump is a London-based energy technology company that runs a virtual power plant, aggregating batteries and renewables to trade in Great Britain's electricity markets. Shell acquired it in 2019.
Limelight
Limelight, also called Drummond or calcium light, is quicklime (calcium oxide) heated by an oxyhydrogen flame to incandescence; the first practical spotlight, used from Covent Garden 1837 until electric arc and incandescent lamps replaced it by the 1920s, origin of the phrase "in the limelight".
Limelight (1952 film)
Limelight (1952) is Charlie Chaplin's American comedy-drama, also called Rampenlicht, about washed-up clown Calvero rescuing ballerina Terry; his last US film, with Buster Keaton, and a belated 1972 Oscar for its score.
Limer
Limer is the fifth of six legendary kings of Mari in the Sumerian King List, attributed a 30-year reign as a priest and known from no inscription.
Limerence
Limerence is a psychological state of involuntary, obsessive attachment to one person, with intrusive thoughts and a strong desire for reciprocation, coined in 1979 by psychologist Dorothy Tennov.
Limerick
Limerick, known in Irish as Luimneach, is a city in western Ireland on the River Shannon, founded by the Vikings and the principal city of Munster's Mid West region.
Limerick (poetry)
Limerick (poetry): a five-line English comic verse form, AABBA rhyme, anapestic rhythm, three stresses on lines 1, 2, 5 and two on 3, 4; first printed 1820, popularized by Edward Lear's 1846 A Book of Nonsense.
Limerick Generating Station
Limerick Generating Station, now the Limerick Clean Energy Center, is a two-unit nuclear power plant in Limerick Township, Pennsylvania, operated by Constellation Energy and licensed into the 2040s.
Limertinib tablets
Limertinib tablets (Aoyixin, 奥壹新; ASK120067) are a third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved in China in 2025 for T790M-mutated and first-line EGFR-mutated NSCLC, with phase 3 PFS of 20.7 months versus gefitinib.
Limes Daciae
Limes Daciae (Dacian Limes, limes Dacicus): the Roman frontier of the province of Dacia, the only Roman province entirely north of the Danube, active 106–271 CE, over 1,000 km long with 277 sites, inscribed by UNESCO in 2024.
Limes Transalutanus
Limes Transalutanus, the Roman frontier line of Dacia: a 235 km fortified border from the Danube to the Carpathian foothills, east of the Olt River, built from 107 CE and abandoned in the 240s.
Limescale
Limescale, also known as kettle fur, is the hard, chalky calcium carbonate deposit that forms on heated surfaces like kettles, water heaters, and pipes when hard water is heated.
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate, formed from shells and mud on ocean and lake bottoms, and widely used to make Portland cement and lime.
Limestone calcined clay cement
Limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) is a blended cement that replaces about half of Portland cement clinker with calcined clay and limestone, cutting CO₂ emissions by 30 to 40%.
Limestone hydroelectric plant
The Limestone Generating Station is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric plant on the lower Nelson River in northern Manitoba, owned by Manitoba Hydro and the province's largest.
Limetown (TV series)
Limetown (TV series): 2019 Facebook Watch mystery thriller adapted from Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie's 2015 podcast; Jessica Biel investigates the disappearance of 326 people from a Tennessee research facility; canceled after one ten-episode season.
Limetz-Villez
Limetz-Villez is a Yvelines commune (INSEE 78337) on the Seine and Epte at the Île-de-France–Normandy border, known for its Gallo-Roman villa with hypocaust baths, 12th-century church, and links to Monet and Girodon.
LimeWire
LimeWire is a peer-to-peer file-sharing program released in 2000 on the Gnutella network, ended by a court injunction in 2010 and relaunched in 2022 as an AI platform.
Limia
Limia: ancient road station (BAtlas 24 C3) near Ponte de Lima, Portugal, also the Limia river of Pliny NH 4.112; Roman valley in Ourense with Via XVIII, Aquae Querquennae camp, and Xinzo de Limia enclave.
Liminal (film)
Liminal is an unreleased Apple Original Films sci-fi action-thriller announced March 26, 2026, directed by Louis Leterrier, starring Vanessa Kirby and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, adapted from AWA's Telepaths graphic novel.
Liminal space (aesthetic)
Liminal space, also known as liminalcore, is an internet aesthetic featuring images of empty hallways, waiting rooms, and malls that appear eerie or surreal, popularized by the Backrooms creepypasta.