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MARGIN OF SAFETY

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• MARGIN OF SAFETY (noun)
The noun MARGIN OF SAFETY has 1 sense:

1. the margin required in order to insure safety

Familiarity information: MARGIN OF SAFETY used as a noun is very rare.

• MARGIN OF SAFETY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The margin required in order to insure safety

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

margin of error; margin of safety; safety margin

Context example:

in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress

Hypernyms ("margin of safety" is a kind of...):

margin (an amount beyond the minimum necessary)

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