Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - marginal
Marginal
marginal
adj. 1 a of or written in a margin. b having marginal notes. 2 a of or at the edge; not central. b not significant or decisive (the work is of merely marginal interest). 3 Brit. (of a parliamentary seat or constituency) having a small majority at risk in an election. 4 close to the limit, esp. of profitability. 5 (of the sea) adjacent to the shore of a State. 6 (of land) difficult to cultivate; unprofitable. 7 barely adequate; unprovided for. Phrases and idioms marginal cost the cost added by making one extra copy etc. Derivatives marginality n. marginally adv. Etymology: med.L marginalis (as MARGIN)
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adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin ~is, from Latin margin-, margo Date: 1573 written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet , 2. of, relating to, or situated at a margin or border, not of central importance , c. occupying the borderland of a relatively stable territorial or cultural area , characterized by the incorporation of habits and values from two divergent cultures and by incomplete assimilation in either , excluded from or existing outside the mainstream of society, a group, or a school of thought , located at the fringe of consciousness , 4. close to the lower limit of qualification, acceptability, or function ; barely exceeding the minimum requirements , b. having a character or capacity fitted to yield a supply of goods which when marketed at existing price levels will barely cover the cost of production , of, relating to, or derived from goods produced and marketed with such result , relating to or being a function of a random variable that is obtained from a function of several random variables by integrating or summing over all possible values of the other variables , ~ity noun ~ly adverb ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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