Definition for Tolerance

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In Biology

1) A mechanism for succession in which any species can start the succession, but the eventual climax community is reached in a somewhat orderly fashion; early species neither facilitate nor inhibit subsequent colonists.

In Psycology

2) Tolerance is the need for increased amounts of the substance to gain the desired effect.