Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe margin required in order to insure safety
Similar
margin of safetysafety margin
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Translations
Catalan marge d'error
- marge d'errorexpression of the lack of precision
Chinese Mandarin 誤差範圍 /误差范围
- 誤差範圍 /误差范围 (wùchā fànwéi)expression of the lack of precision
Dutch foutmarge
- foutmargeexpression of the lack of precision
Finnish virhemarginaali
- virhemarginaaliexpression of the lack of precision
French marge d'erreur
- marge d'erreurexpression of the lack of precision
German Fehlerspielraum
- Fehlerspielraumexpression of the lack of precision
Greek περιθώριο σφάλματος
- περιθώριο σφάλματος (perithório sfálmatos)expression of the lack of precision
Icelandic skekkjumörk
- skekkjumörkexpression of the lack of precision
Italian margine di errore
- margine di erroreexpression of the lack of precision
Māori pae hapa
- pae hapaexpression of the lack of precision
Norwegian Bokmål feilmargin
- feilmarginexpression of the lack of precision
Polish margines błędu
- margines błęduexpression of the lack of precision
Portuguese margem de erro
- margem de erroexpression of the lack of precision
Spanish margen de error
- margen de errorexpression of the lack of precision
Swedish felmarginal
- felmarginalexpression of the lack of precision
Cite this entry
APA
margin of error. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/margin%20of%20error
MLA
“margin of error.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/margin%20of%20error. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “margin of error,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/margin%20of%20error.
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