Noun

(en noun)

(typography) The edge of the paper that remains blank.

The edge or border of any flat surface.

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The lobule margins , furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.

(figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from of a set or group.

* 1999 , Pierre François, ''Inlets of the Soul: Contemporary Fiction in English and the Myth of the Fall, page 186,

As far as space is concerned, Mary Lamb finds herself at the farthest margin of society - among tramps - when the novel begins.

A difference between results, characteristics, scores.

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A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.

margin of error

(finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.

(finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.

The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

(contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.

(Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.

(statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.

(metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.