tolerance

IPA: tˈɑɫɝʌns

noun

  • (uncountable, obsolete) The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.
  • (uncountable) The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
  • (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.
  • (countable) The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.
  • (uncountable) The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.

verb

  • To design or engineer a material to a specified tolerance.
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Examples of "tolerance" in Sentences

  • It mistakes tolerance for vacuity.
  • T cell tolerance is induced in the thymus.

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