Tolerances

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of tolerance form-of, plural

    "This is known as the law of tolerances. Tolerances range along a continuum [...]. Some organisms have wide ranges of tolerances and others have narrow ones."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of tolerance form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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allowanceforbearancepermissivenesssufferancea habitacceptance

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"Printing firms around the world are generally willing to pay perhaps a 20-percent premium to buy a printing press from Germany, because the German presses are very solidly built and are machined to exacting tolerances."

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