margin of safety

Definitions of margin of safety
  1. noun
    the margin required in order to insure safety
    “in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress”
    synonyms: margin of error, safety margin
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    margin
    an amount beyond the minimum necessary
    index
    a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number
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