tolerance
See also: tolérance
English
Etymology
From Middle French tolerance, from Latin tolerantia (“endurance”), from tolerans, present participle of Latin tolerō (“endure”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒləɹəns/
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Noun
tolerance (countable and uncountable, plural tolerances)
- (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.]
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- (deviation from a standard) fault tolerance
Related terms
Translations
ability to endure pain or hardship
ability to tolerate
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permitted deviation from standard
Further reading
- tolerance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- tolerance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- tolerance at OneLook Dictionary Search
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