Look up: tolerance

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   tolerance
   1. The ability of a plant to sustain the effects of a disease without dying or suffering serious injury or crop loss. 2. The amount of toxic residue allowable in or on edible plant parts under the law.
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   Tolerance
   The ability of an organism to sustain the effects of a disease or pest attack without dying or suffering serious injury or yield loss. Also, the amount of toxic residue allowable in or on edible plant parts under the law, formerly used to describe maximum residue limit.
   Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos
   
   
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   Tolerance
   Accepting other people's beliefs or actions even though you disagree with them.
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   tolerance
   [n] - willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others 2. [n] - the power or capacity of an organism to tolerate unfavorable environmental conditions 3. [n] - the act of tolerating something
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   Tolerance
   The capacity to absorb a drug continuously or in large doses without adverse effect; diminution in the response to a drug after prolonged use.
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   Tolerance
   The maximum permissible deviation from the specified quantity, normally expressed as a percentage.
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   Tolerance
   Tolerance is the ability to experience exposure to potentially harmful amounts of a substance without showing an adverse effect.
   Found on http://www.bio.hw.ac.uk/edintox/glossall
   
   
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   Tolerance
   Dimensions within a given range of preset standards.
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   Tolerance
   decreased sensitivity of the body to a certain drug, usually either because the liver becomes more efficient at breaking down the drug or the body's tissues become less sensitive to it; increased tolerance creates a need for a higher dose of the drug in order to have the same effects
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    Tolerance
    Tolerance: A state in which a T cell can no longer respond to antigen. The T cell 'tolerates' the antigen. Also called immune tolerance.
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    tolerance
    the difference between the maximum limit of size and the minimum limit of size; in other words, the algebraical difference between the upper deviation and the lower deviation. The tolerance is an absolute value without sign. A 'tolerance' may also be a tolerance of shape Category: Standards, measures and testing • the ability of an organism or biological process to subsist under a give...
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    Tolerance
    In Photoshop tolerance describes a certain distance between adjacent pixels. Tolerance is used with the Wand Tool for making selections and the Paint Bucket Tool for painting. The tolerance values can be adjusted for these tools. For example, when the Wand Tool is set to a tolerance of one, only a small selection will be created because the distanc ...
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    tolerance
    The development of specific non-reactivity to an antigen. See immunological tolerance.
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    Tolerance
    Tol'er·ance noun [ Latin tolerantia : confer French tolérance .] 1. The power or capacity of enduring; the act of enduring; endurance. « Diogenes, one frosty morning, came into the market place, shaking, to show his tolerance .» Bacon. 2. The endurance of the presence or actions of objectionable persons, or of the expression of offensive opi ...
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    Tolerance
    Tol'er·ance noun 1. (Forestry) Capability of growth in more or less shade. 2. Allowed amount of variation from the standard or from exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight, etc., as in various mechanical operations; specif.: (Coinage) The amount which coins, either singly or in lots, are legally allowed to vary above or below the standard of weight or finene ...
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    tolerance
    1. The ability to endure unusually large doses of a drug or toxin. ... 2. Acquired drug tolerance, a decreasing response to repeated constant doses of a drug or the need for increasing doses to maintain a constant response. ... Origin: L. Tolerantia ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    tolerance
    noun the act of tolerating something
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    tolerance
    noun willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
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    Tolerance
    The scope still accepted for deviations from precise weights, measurements or other norms. Weight tolerance naturally plays a major role in coins made of precious metal. The large Vienna Philharmonic gold coin must weigh one ounce and no less, even by a few fraction of a gram. Even stricter weight tolerance limits than the norm apply to precious me ...
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    tolerance
    (tol´әr-әns) the ability to bear something potentially difficult. the ability to endure unusually large doses of a poison or toxin. drug tolerance. adj., tol´erant., adj. acquired drug tolerance drug tolerance. drug tolerance...
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    Tolerance
    • (n.) Capability of growth in more or less shade. • (n.) Allowed amount of variation from the standard or from exact conformity to the specified dimensions, weight, etc., as in various mechanical operations; • (n.) The amount which coins, either singly or in lots, are legally allowed to vary above or below the standard of weight or ...
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    tolerance
    (from the article `drafting`) ...other feature requiring proper fit—perhaps 1.995 to 2.005 inches. The difference between the acceptable maximum and minimum dimensions given for a ...
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    tolerance
    (from the article `drug use`) ...of these physiological effects is necessary in order to appreciate the difficulties that are encountered in trying to include all drugs under a ... ...of chronic psychosis with evidence of permanent organic brain damage. In the language of the street, `Meth is death.` The amphetamines produce ....
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    tolerance
    (L. tolerantia) 1. the ability to endure unusually large doses of a drug or toxin. 2. acquired drug tolerance; a decreasing response to repeated constant doses of a drug or the need for increasing doses to maintain a constant response.
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    Tolerance
    the ability of a plant to sustain the effects of a disease without dying or suffering serious injury or crop loss. Also, the amount of toxic residue allowable in or on edible plant parts under the law.
    Found on http://www.usask.ca/biology/345/genetics