tolerance
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See also tolérance
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle French tolérance, from Latin tolerantia (“endurance”), from tolerans, present participle of Latin tolerō (“endure”).
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Noun[edit]
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 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.]
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Translations[edit]
ability to endure pain or hardship
ability to tolerate
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premitted deviation from standard
External links[edit]
- tolerance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- tolerance in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- tolerance at OneLook Dictionary Search
