MARGINAL


Meaning of MARGINAL in English

mar ‧ gin ‧ al AC /ˈmɑːdʒən ə l, ˈmɑːdʒɪn ə l $ ˈmɑːr-/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ margin , ↑ marginalization ; adjective : ↑ marginal , ↑ marginalized ; verb : ↑ marginalize ; adverb : ↑ marginally ]

1 . a marginal change or difference is too small to be important OPP significant :

a marginal increase in the unemployment figures

a marginal improvement in profits

2 . technical relating to a change in cost, value etc when one more thing is produced, one more dollar is earned etc:

marginal revenue

3 . marginal seat/constituency British English a ↑ seat in a parliament or similar institution, which can be won or lost by a small number of votes

4 . marginal people or groups are not considered powerful or important OPP mainstream :

The album contains too many songs by marginal bands.

5 . [only before noun] written in a margin:

marginal notes

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.