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MARGIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
Synonyms:
allowance; leeway; margin; tolerance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("margin" is a kind of...):
disagreement; discrepancy; divergence; variance (a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An amount beyond the minimum necessary
Example:
the margin of victory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("margin" is a kind of...):
amount (the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "margin"):
margin of error; margin of safety; safety margin (the margin required in order to insure safety)
narrow margin; narrowness; slimness (a small margin)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The blank space that surrounds the text on a page
Example:
he jotted a note in the margin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("margin" is a kind of...):
blank space; place; space (a blank area)
Holonyms ("margin" is a part of...):
page (one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold
Synonyms:
gross profit; gross profit margin; margin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("margin" is a kind of...):
earnings; lucre; net; net income; net profit; profit; profits (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))
Domain category:
corporate finance (the financial activities of corporation)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities
Synonyms:
margin; security deposit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("margin" is a kind of...):
deposit; down payment (a partial payment made at the time of purchase; the balance to be paid later)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("margin" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; edge (a line determining the limits of an area)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "margin"):
lip (either the outer margin or the inner margin of the aperture of a gastropod's shell)
Derivation:
marginal (at or constituting a border or edge)
Context examples:
A newly discovered mountain range lies near the southwestern margin of Pluto’s Tombaugh Regio (Tombaugh Region), situated between bright, icy plains and dark, heavily-cratered terrain.
(New Horizons Finds Second Mountain Range in Pluto’s ‘Heart’, NASA)
The size of the lesion as well as the grade and the clearance margins play a major role in dictating the most appropriate therapy for DCIS.
(Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ, NCI Thesaurus)
A flat fibrous band extending from the apex and margins of the patella to the tubercle of the tibia.
(Patellar Ligament, NCI Thesaurus)
Specifies whether the margins of surgical resection are infiltrated by the abnormal tissue.
(Performed Histopathology Involved Surgical Margin Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)
In the great moonlight clearings I slunk along among the shadows on the margin.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Its cytoplasm is composed of tightly packed mitochondria and glycogen granules, with rare secretory granules, stains pink, and the margin is usually observed.
(Parathyroid Gland Oxyphil Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
We were now at the margin of the thicket.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It is characterized by the development of necrotic, ulcerated, and painful lesions with creation of pseudomembranes extending along the gingival margins.
(Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis, NCI Thesaurus)
"Nothing in the world," was the reply; and, replacing the paper, I saw him dexterously tear a narrow slip from the margin.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The cardiac lead is not performing as expected with issues such as oversensing with or without shock or ATP, or failed shocks or inadequate DFT safety margins defibrillation activity.
(Cardiac Defibrillator Issue, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
