Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈtɒləɹəns/
tolerance
- (uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. [15th-19th c.]
- (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.]
- (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.]
- (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement. [from 20th c.]
- (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection. [from 20th c.]
- German: Toleranz
- Italian: tolleranza
- Russian: терпе́ние
- Spanish: tolerancia
- French: tolérance
- German: Toleranz
- Italian: tolleranza
- Portuguese: tolerância
- Russian: терпи́мость
- Spanish: tolerancia
- German: Toleranz
- Russian: до́пуск
- Spanish: tolerancia
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