tolerances

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A form of tolerance — The ability to endure pain or hardship; endurance.

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of tolerance

    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.

    2000, Donald G. Kaufman, Cecilia M. Franz, Biosphere 2000: Protecting Our Global Environment, page 64
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of tolerance
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