Margin may refer to:
Physical or graphical edges
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Margin (typography)
In typography, a margin is the area between the main content of a page and the page edges. The margin helps to define where a line of text begins and ends. When a page is Justification (typesetting), justified the text is spread out to be flush wi ...
, the white space that surrounds the content of a page
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Continental margin, the zone of the ocean floor that separates the thin oceanic crust from thick continental crust
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Leaf margin
A leaf (: leaves) is a principal appendage of the plant stem, stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leav ...
, the edge of a leaf
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Resection margin, the tissue near a tumor that is removed to ensure that no cancer cells are left behind
Economics and finance
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Margin of profit, the fraction of revenue that is left after paying expenses
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Margin (economics), a set of constraints conceptualised as a border
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Margin (finance), a type of financial collateral used to cover credit risk
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Contribution margin
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Gross margin
Figurative edges
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Margin (machine learning)
In machine learning, the margin of a single data point is defined to be the distance from the data point to a decision boundary. Note that there are many distances and decision boundaries that may be appropriate for certain datasets and goals. ...
, the distance between a decision boundary and a data point
*Marginal frequency distribution, in statistics (
Frequency distribution § Joint frequency distributions)
Other uses
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''Margins'' (film), a 2022 Italian film by Niccolò Falsetti
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''The Margin'' (album), a 1985 album by Peter Hammill
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''The Margin'' (film), a 1976 French film by Walerian Borowczyk
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''The Margin'' (novel), a 1967 novel by André Pieyre de Mandiargues; basis for the film
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Margasin, or Margin, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran
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USS ''Margin'', a US Navy patrol boat 1918–1919
See also
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Margin Call'', a 2011 film
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Margin of safety (disambiguation)
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margin of victory at Wiktionary
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Marginal (disambiguation)
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