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Definition of Tolerances
1. tolerance [n] - See also: tolerance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tolerances
Literary usage of Tolerances
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1918)
"Dimensions with one tolerance only, either plus or minus c Overlapping tolerances
on two parts which assemble together d The sum of the tolerances on ..."
2. Laitues, chicorées frisées, et scaroles =: Lettuces, curled-leaved endives edited by [Anonymus AC03539612] (2002)
"PROVISIONS CONCERNING Tolerances Tolerances in respect of quality and size shall
... Tolerances are provided to allow for human error during the grading and ..."
3. NBS Special Publication (1921)
"Also a resolution was passed instructing the committee on specifications and
tolerances of the conference to incorporate their conclusions in regard to ..."
4. Machine Shop Work: A Comprehensive Manual of Approved Shop Methods by Frederick Warren Turner, Charles Oscar Eugene Perrigo, Howard Parker Fairfield, American Technical Society (1919)
"Such variations from exactness of dimensions are known as tolerances. ... In jig
construction certain tolerances are agreed upon by the user of the tool, ..."
5. Handbook for Machine Designers and Draftsmen by Frederick Arthur Halsey (1913)
"PRESS AND RUNNING FITS The tolerances and allowances suitable for running Jits
formed the subject of a report by the British Engineering Standards Committee ..."
6. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"Shearing Tolerances: It is evident, even to the casual observer, that conditions
at the mills are such that shearing to exact dimensions ia impossible. ..."