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Meaning of tolerance

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

tolerance

Pronunciation:/ˈtɒləɹəns/

noun

Definitions

  1. The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.

  2. The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.

  3. The ability of the body (or other organism) to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism.

  4. The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.

    Example: Our customers can generally accept ten times the tolerance which we can achieve in our machining operations.