Sliding Sync: Fix limited response description (make accurate) (#17507)

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Update the `limited` field description in the Sliding Sync response to accurately describe what it actually represents.

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@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ class SlidingSyncResult:
absent on joined/left rooms
prev_batch: A token that can be passed as a start parameter to the
`/rooms/<room_id>/messages` API to retrieve earlier messages.
limited: True if their are more events than fit between the given position and now.
Sync again to get more.
limited: True if there are more events than `timeline_limit` looking
backwards from the `response.pos` to the `request.pos`.
num_live: The number of timeline events which have just occurred and are not historical.
The last N events are 'live' and should be treated as such. This is mostly
useful to determine whether a given @mention event should make a noise or not.