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namdnay on March 14, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Koenigsegg’s 2.0-liter no-camshaft engine makes 60...

It’s kind of counter-intuitive, you’d expect lower tolerance to mean the tolerance for deviations is lower, or higher precision

monkpit on March 19, 2020 [–]

In practice, “high tolerance” is used to mean “tight tolerance”. “Tight” is more commonly heard, at least in the US.

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