stackup

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

Noun

  1. A diagram used to calculate the effects of accumulated variation in dimensions and tolerances; the effects thus diagrammed.
    • tolerance stackup
    • They failed to account for the tolerance stackup, which cost us a ton of scrap and weeks of lead time.

Origin

Deverbal from stack up.

Forms

stackups

Related

buildup pileup