engineering tolerance

Permissible limit(s) of variation in an engineered component or system

EntityQ950292

Also known as tolerance · fabrication tolerance · manufacturing tolerance · tolerance in engineering

Subclass of: limit

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Engineering tolerance is the permissible limit or limits of variation in:a physical dimension; a measured value or physical property of a material, manufactured object, system, or service; other measured values ; in engineering and safety, a physical distance or space (tolerance), as in a truck (lorry), train or boat under a bridge as well as a train in a tunnel ; in mechanical engineering, the space between a bolt and a nut or a hole, etc.

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Facet of: metrology
design
quality control
Different from: allowance
Has use: technical standard nature of statement: often
rating

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