# Position tolerance

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'''Position tolerance'''<ref>{{cite web |title=True Position – Position Tolerance {{!}} GD&T Basics |url=https://www.gdandtbasics.com/true-position/ |website=gdandtbasics.com |access-date=25 July 2025}}</ref> (symbol: <big>'''⌖'''</big>) is a [geometric dimensioning and tolerancing](/source/geometric_dimensioning_and_tolerancing) (GD&T) location control used on [engineering drawings](/source/engineering_drawings) to specify desired location, as well as allowed deviation to the position of a feature on a part. 

Position tolerance must only be applied to [features of size](/source/feature_of_size), which requires that the feature have at least two opposable points.

==See also==
* [Circle](/source/Circle)
* [Miscellaneous Technical](/source/Miscellaneous_Technical), a Unicode block containing various common technical and academic symbols

==References==
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