Complete Definition of "tolerance"

see|tolérance
English

Pronunciation
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Etymology
From OF. tolerance (French: tolérance), from L. tolerantia.

Noun
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  1. the ability to tolerate the beliefs or practices of others
  2. the variation or deviation from a standard, especially the maximum permitted variation in an engineering measurement
  3. the ability to endure pain or hardship
  4. the ability of the body to resist the action of a poison, to cope with a dangerous drug or to survive infection by an organism
  5. the ability of the body to accept a tissue graft without rejection

Translations
trans-top|ability to tolerate
Danish: tolerance
Dutch: verdraagzaamheid, tolerantie c
Finnish: suvaitsevaisuus
German: Toleranz f
Hebrew: ס���נ�ת
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Spanish: tolerancia f
Telugu: సహన� (sahanam)
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trans-top|premitted deviation from standard
Danish: tolerance
German: Toleranz f
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trans-top|ability to endure pain or hardship
German: Toleranz f
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Telugu: సహన� (sahanam)
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