tolerance
/ˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/ noun C1- The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. · Near-synonym: forbearance
- 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.
- Resistance to drunkenness. · Since he hadn't had any alcohol in years, his tolerance was very low, and it only took two drinks for him to get sloshed.
- The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. · Our customers can generally accept ten times the tolerance which we can achieve in our machining operations.
- The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.
Plural tolerances
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Despite these occasional inconveniences, municipal authorities generally encourage a policy of tolerance and passive deterrence rather than active removal.
He had spent four decades calculating load-bearing capacities and structural tolerances, yet the sheer buoyancy of this maritime leviathan always fascinated him.
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