Margin may refer to:

Physical or graphical edges

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 * Continental margin, the zone of the ocean floor that separates the thin oceanic crust from thick continental crust *

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 * Resection margin, the tissue near a tumor that is removed to ensure that no cancer cells are left behind

Economics and finance

* Margin of profit, the fraction of revenue that is left after paying expenses * Margin (economics), a set of constraints conceptualised as a border * Margin (finance), a type of financial collateral used to cover credit risk * Contribution margin * Gross margin

Figurative edges

* Margin (machine learning), the distance between a decision boundary and a data point *Marginal frequency distribution, in statistics ( Frequency distribution § Joint frequency distributions)

Other uses

* ''Margins'' (film), a 2022 Italian film by Niccolò Falsetti * ''The Margin'' (album), a 1985 album by Peter Hammill * ''The Margin'' (film), a 1976 French film by Walerian Borowczyk * ''The Margin'' (novel), a 1967 novel by André Pieyre de Mandiargues; basis for the film * Margasin, or Margin, a village in Qazvin Province, Iran * USS ''Margin'', a US Navy patrol boat 1918–1919

Physical or graphical edges

Economics and finance

Figurative edges

Other uses

See also