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Out-of-tolerance
Is such expression correct?: "An/The out-of-tolerance has been reported on both flanges' flatness". What part of a sentence is "out of tolerance" then. Can it be used without dashes?
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: "An/The out-of-tolerance has been reported on both flanges' flatness". Yes, it's OK. What part of a sentence is "out of tolerance" then.
- : "An/The out-of-tolerance has been reported on both flanges' flatness".
- Yes, it's OK.
- What part of a sentence is "out of tolerance" then.
- It's an adjective.
- The full expression would be 'the out-of-tolerance amount', but the noun is often omitted.
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Hi,
Is such expression correct?: "An/The out-of-tolerance has been reported on both flanges' flatness". Yes, it's OK.
What part of a sentence is "out of tolerance" then. It's an adjective. The full expression would be 'the out-of-tolerance amount', but the noun is often omitted.
Can it be used without dashes? I wouldn't recommend that. The hyphens
Is such expression correct?: "An/The out-of-tolerance has been reported on both flanges' flatness". Yes, it's OK.
What part of a sentence is "out of tolerance" then. It's an adjective. The full expression would be 'the out-of-tolerance amount', but the noun is often omitted.
Can it be used without dashes? I wouldn't recommend that. The hyphens
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Yes, it is a prepositional phrase used as an adjective:
An out of tolerance condition has been reported.....
The flatness of the flanges is out of tolerance by more than 10%.
The phrase is most often used without hyphens.
[EDIT] I checked COCA's quotes from academic jounals (Mechanical Engineering, Physics Today) both of them use this phrase most frequently w
An out of tolerance condition has been reported.....
The flatness of the flanges is out of tolerance by more than 10%.
The phrase is most often used without hyphens.
[EDIT] I checked COCA's quotes from academic jounals (Mechanical Engineering, Physics Today) both of them use this phrase most frequently w
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It's being used as a noun.
Something is specified to be at a certain number. It is allowed to be a bit higher or lower than that number - such variences are "within tolerance."
If something is too high or too low, compared to the given standard, it is "out of tolerance."
A more grammatical version of that sentence would be "The flatness [if that's a word] for both flang
Something is specified to be at a certain number. It is allowed to be a bit higher or lower than that number - such variences are "within tolerance."
If something is too high or too low, compared to the given standard, it is "out of tolerance."
A more grammatical version of that sentence would be "The flatness [if that's a word] for both flang
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I agree with GG. In manufacturing, where the term originated, it's used as a noun. "A lack of sufficient accuracy exists."
Naturally, if you use it to modify a noun, it then becomes an adjective, as would any noun, eg., "The guest-room window."
In the OP, there is no such noun, eg., "condition."
Yes, it's often used as a prepositional phrase functioning as a predicate
Naturally, if you use it to modify a noun, it then becomes an adjective, as would any noun, eg., "The guest-room window."
In the OP, there is no such noun, eg., "condition."
Yes, it's often used as a prepositional phrase functioning as a predicate
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