tolerance

Definitions

General English

• noun the practice of accepting or allowing something which you do not agree with
• noun the ability of the body to stand the effect of a drug or a poison

General Science

• noun an allowable variation in something which can be measured

Agriculture

• noun the ability of an organism to accept something, or not to react to something

Cars & Driving

• noun the difference between the permissible maximum size and the permissible minimum size of a measured quantity

Construction

• The permitted variation from a given dimension or quantity.
• The range of variation permitted in maintaining a specified dimension.
• A permitted variation from location or alignment.

Electronics

• The maximum permissible deviation, error, or other variation in a property, value, setting, dimension, or the like. For instance, distortion tolerance, frequency tolerance, the greatest allowable error in a reading displayed by a measurement instrument, or the maximum fluctuations in the voltage supplied by an AC power line which do not impair the function of fed devices or equipment.
• The tolerance (1) relative to a given nominal, standard, or desired value.

Food

• noun the ability of the body to tolerate a substance or an action

Real Estate

• noun an allowance made for something to deviate in size from a standard, or the limit within which it is allowed to deviate

Sports

• noun the loss of or reduction in the usual response to a drug or other agent as a result of use or exposure over a prolonged period

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Contexts for “tolerance”

13 definitions in context
• General English
• General Science
• Agriculture
• Cars & Driving
• Construction
• Electronics
• Food
• Real Estate
• Sports