Tolerance

Life sciences

Desiccation tolerance, the ability of an organism to endure extreme dryness
Drug tolerance or physiological tolerance, a decrease in the response to a substance due to previous exposure
- Alcohol tolerance
- Multidrug tolerance or antibiotic tolerance, the ability of a disease-causing microorganism to resist killing by antimicrobials
Immune tolerance or immunological tolerance, by which the immune system does not attack an antigen
- Central tolerance, a mechanism by which newly developing T cells and B cells are rendered non-reactive to self
- Immune tolerance in pregnancy or gestational/maternal immune tolerance
Low frustration tolerance, a concept in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy
Pain tolerance, the maximum level of pain that a person is able to tolerate
Shade tolerance, a plant's abilities to tolerate low light levels
Disease tolerance or tolerance to infection - one of the mechanisms host organisms can use to fight against parasites, pathogens or herbivores that attack the host

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Physical sciences

Engineering tolerance, permissible limit(s) of variation in an object
- Tolerance analysis, the study of accumulated variation in mechanical parts and assemblies
- Tolerance coning, a budget of all tolerances that affect a particular parameter
Tolerance, a measure of multicollinearity in statistics
Tolerance interval, a type of statistical probability
Tolerance relation, a reflexive and symmetric binary relation in mathematics
Tolerant sequence, in mathematical logic

Other uses

Paradox of tolerance, a paradox described by Karl Popper stating that if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is eventually seized or destroyed by the intolerant
Tolerance Monument, an outdoor sculpture near Goldman Promenade in Jerusalem
Tolerance (film), a 2000 Brazilian drama film
Tolerance (sculpture), a 2011 sculpture by Jaume Plensa

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