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Definition of Marginal

1. Adjective. At or constituting a border or edge. "The marginal strip of beach"

2. Adjective. Of questionable or minimal quality. "Marginal writing ability"

3. Adjective. Just barely adequate or within a lower limit. "A marginal victory"

4. Adjective. Producing at a rate that barely covers production costs. "Marginal industries"

Definition of Marginal

1. a. Of or pertaining to a margin.

Definition of Marginal

1. Adjective. (uncomparable) Of, relating to, or located at or near a margin or edge; ''also figurative usages of location and margin (edge)''. ¹

2. Adjective. (comparable) Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin. ¹

3. Noun. Something that is marginal. ¹

4. Noun. A constituency won with a small margin. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Marginal

1. one considered to be at a lower or outer limit [n -S]

Medical Definition of Marginal

1. Occurring at or very close to the margin. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marginal

margented margenting margents marges margin margin account margin call margin calls margin of acetabulum margin of error

margin of fossa ovalis margin of orbit margin of profit margin of safety margin of the tongue marginal (current term) marginal adaptation marginal artery of colon marginal artery of drummond marginal benefit

marginal benefits marginal blepharitis marginal corneal degeneration marginal cost marginal cost of capital marginal costs marginal crest marginal distribution marginal farmer marginal fasciculus

Literary usage of Marginal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Different kinds of marginal bodies have special names.—marginal bones or ossicles, supernumerary dig! tal phalanges lying along the Inner or the outer ..."

2. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray, Thomas Pickering Pick (1897)
"It is bounded below, in front, and above, in the greater part of its extent, by the calloso-marginal fissure, which separates it from the marginal ..."

3. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1915)
"Then cost at the hands of the marginal producer does settle the long-run price. The point about which oscillations range, and to which price tends to ..."

4. Principles of Economics by Frank William Taussig (1915)
"The laborer who deals with the owner of good land, or with a monopolist, must accept what can be paid him by. .the marginal landowner or the competitive ..."

5. Energy Policies of IEA Countries by International Energy Agency (2004)
"Figure 21 shows the marginal cost of production in the Nordic electricity system. Prices in a given year are largely dictated by the production levels at ..."

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