MARGIN OF ERROR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does margin of error mean? 

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

1. the margin required in order to insure safety

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARGIN OF ERROR (noun)

Sense 1

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 error" is a kind of...):

margin (an amount beyond the minimum necessary)

index (a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number)