Definition of Tolerance. Meaning of Tolerance. Synonyms of Tolerance

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Definition of Tolerance

Tolerance
Tolerance Tol"er*ance, n. 1. (Forestry) Capability of growth in more or less shade. 2. Allowed amount of variation from the standard or from exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight, etc., as in various mechanical operations; specif.: (Coinage) The amount which coins, either singly or in lots, are legally allowed to vary above or below the standard of weight or fineness.

Meaning of Tolerance from wikipedia

- Look up tolerance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikiquote has quotations related to Tolerance. Tolerance or toleration is the state of tolerating...
- The paradox of tolerance states that if a society's practice of tolerance is inclusive of the intolerant, intolerance will ultimately dominate, eliminating...
- Immune tolerance, also known as immunological tolerance or immunotolerance, refers to the immune system's state of unresponsiveness to substances or tissues...
- Drug tolerance or drug insensitivity is a pharmacological concept describing subjects' reduced reaction to a drug following its repeated use. Increasing...
- Engineering tolerance is the permissible limit or limits of variation in: a physical dimension; a measured value or physical property of a material, manufactured...
- Alcohol tolerance refers to the bodily responses to the functional effects of ethanol in alcoholic beverages. This includes direct tolerance, speed of...
- A zero tolerance policy is one which imposes a punishment for every infraction of a stated rule. Zero tolerance policies forbid people in positions of...
- Fault tolerance is the ability of a system to maintain proper operation in the event of failures or faults in one or more of its components. If its operating...
- Zero Tolerance is a 1994 video game developed by Technopop and published by Accolade exclusively for the Mega Drive/Genesis. It was one of the very few...
- Cross-tolerance is a phenomenon that occurs when tolerance to the effects of a certain drug produces tolerance to another drug. It often happens between...