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stackup

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A diagram used to calculate the effects of accumulated variation in dimensions and tolerances; the effects thus diagrammed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • tolerance stackup
  • They failed to account for the tolerance stackup, which cost us a ton of scrap and weeks of lead time.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Deverbal from stack up.