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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Tolerances
Synonyms for "tolerances" (9 found)
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8 entriescultural tolerancedimensional toleranceethnic tolerancegeometric tolerancemanufacturing tolerancereligious toleranceresiliencestamina
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6 entriesdrought tolerancehigh tolerancepain tolerancetemperature tolerancetolerance limittolerance range
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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.
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