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1. (adj.) marginal
pertaining to a margin.
2. marginal
situated on a border, edge, or fringe.
3. marginal
at the lower limits; minimal for requirements:
marginal ability.
4. marginal
written or printed in the margin of a page.
5. marginal
insignificant; minor:
a marginal improvement.
6. marginal
having contact with two or more cultural groups but not fully accepted in any of them.
7. marginal
selling goods at a price that just equals the additional cost of producing the last unit supplied.
8. marginal
of or pertaining to goods produced and marketed at margin:
marginal profits.
Etymology: (1570–80; < ML marginālis)
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| Definition of 'marginal' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) fringy, marginal
at or constituting a border or edge
"the marginal strip of beach"
2. (adj) borderline, marginal
of questionable or minimal quality
"borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability"
3. (adj) bare(a), marginal
just barely adequate or within a lower limit
"a bare majority"; "a marginal victory"
4. (adj) marginal
producing at a rate that barely covers production costs
"marginal industries"
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| Definition of 'marginal' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) marginal
of or pertaining to a margin
2. (adj) marginal
written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. marginal
[common] 1. [techspeak] An extremely small change. “A marginal
increase in core can decrease
GC time drastically.” In everyday terms, this
means that it is a lot easier to clean off your desk if you have a spare
place to put some of the junk while you sort through it. 2. Of little merit. “This proposed new feature seems rather
marginal to me.” 3. Of extremely small probability of winning.
“The power supply was rather marginal anyway; no wonder it
fried.”
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Sense: small and almost non-existent or unimportant
a marginal improvement.
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 Afrikaans: marginaal |
 Arabic: هامِشي |
 Bulgarian: твърде малък |
 Brazilian: insignificante |
 Czech: okrajový, minimální |
 German: am Rande |
 Danish: marginal; underordnet |
 Greek: οριακός |
 Spanish: marginal, al margen |
 Estonian: marginaalne |
 Farsi: حاشیه ای |
 Finnish: marginaalinen |
 French: marginal |
 Hebrew: שוּלִי |
 Hindi: हाशिये का बहुत कम |
 Croatian: rubni, krajnji |
 Hungarian: csekély jelentőségű, marg |
 Indonesian: kecil, tipis |
 Icelandic: lágmarks- |
 Italian: marginale |
 Japanese: 周辺的な |
 Korean: 한계의, 최저한의 |
 Lithuanian: nedidelis, nežymus |
 Latvian: niecīgs; mazs |
 Malay: kecil |
 Dutch: miniem |
 Norwegian: underordnet, marginal |
 Polish: marginesowy |
 Persian: حاشیه ای |
 Pashto: څنډه يز |
 Portuguese: insignificante |
 Romanian: marginal |
 Russian: незначительный |
 Slovak: minimálny |
 Slovenian: obroben |
 Serbian: marginalan |
 Swedish: marginell |
 Thai: เล็กและไม่สำคัญ |
 Turkish: önemsiz, ufak |
 Taiwanese: 微不足道的, 不重要的 |
 Ukrainian: мінімальний |
 Urdu: غیر اہم |
 Vietnamese: không đáng kể |
 Chinese: 微小的，不重要的 |
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