Definitions for marginal
ˈmɑr dʒə nlmar·gin·al

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fringy, marginaladjective

   at or constituting a border or edge

   "the marginal strip of beach"

2. borderline, marginaladjective

   of questionable or minimal quality

   "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability"

3. bare(a), marginaladjective

   just barely adequate or within a lower limit

   "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory"

4. marginaladjective

   producing at a rate that barely covers production costs

   "marginal industries"

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Marginaladjective

   At the lower limit; barely sufficient; as, of marginal utility.

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. marginalnoun

   Something that is marginal.

2. marginalnoun

   A constituency won with a small margin.

3. marginaladjective

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

4. marginaladjective

   Determined by a small margin; having a salient characteristic determined by a small margin.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Marginalnoun

   Placed, or written on the margin.

   Etymology: marginal, French, from margin.

   We cannot better interpret the meaning of these words than pope Leo himself expoundeth them, whose speech concerning our Lord’s ascension may serve instead of a marginal gloss. Richard Hooker, b. v.

   What remarks you find worthy of your riper observation note with a marginal star, as being worthy of your second year’s review. Isaac Watts, Logick.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Marginaladjective

   of or pertaining to a margin

2. Marginaladjective

   written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. marginal.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.”

Entomology(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Marginal

   of, belonging to, or near the margin.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'marginal' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4200

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'marginal' in Adjectives Frequency: #566

Anagrams for marginal »

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How to pronounce marginal?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of marginal in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of marginal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of marginal in a Sentence

1. Agnes Soucat:

   We are at a crossroads in the health sector in which we see declining marginal returns on investment with new technologies that are expensive but don't necessarily always get a lot of health benefits.

2. Fabrice Bregier:

   A stretch is feasible at marginal cost, but it depends on our market appreciation and so far the challenge is to convince new airlines that they can profitably increase their market share with an aircraft which is, it's true, much bigger than what they are used to fly.

3. Anuj Somany:

   It’s difficult to find a person who can accept the truth consistently and more difficult when it is related to him/her only and that’s what keeps the difference between “real talk” and “negative talk” very marginal.

4. Dileep Mavalankar:

   This (mobile services) will have a very marginal effect.

5. Anuj Somany:

   The remedy for the stress & strain in life is to stay away from lady, love own good daddy, support marginal farmers growing any crops like paddy, befriend less number of people & only hearty buddy, listen to soulful music and watch only shy & simple person's comedy.

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