English
tolerance
Etymology

From , from , from tolerans, present participle of .

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/
  • (Australia) IPA: /ˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/
Noun

tolerance

  1. (uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. [15th]
  2. (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry. [from 18th c.]
  3. (uncountable) 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. [from 19th c.]
  4. (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. [from 20th c.]
    Our customers can generally accept ten times the tolerance which we can achieve in our machining operations.
  5. (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection. [from 20th c.]
Antonyms Translations Translations Translations Verb

tolerance (tolerances, present participle tolerancing; simple past and past participle toleranced)

  1. To design or engineer a material to a specified tolerance.


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