noun The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
noun The ability or practice of tolerating; an acceptance of or patience with the beliefs, opinions or practices of others; a lack of bigotry.
noun 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. Resistance to drunkenness.
Since he hadn't had any alcohol in years, his tolerance was very low, and it only took two drinks for him to get sloshed.
noun Resistance to drunkenness.
Since he hadn't had any alcohol in years, his tolerance was very low, and it only took two drinks for him to get sloshed.
noun The variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement.
Our customers can generally accept ten times the tolerance which we can achieve in our machining operations.
noun The ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection.
verb To design or engineer a material to a specified tolerance.