Definizione monolingua

marginal

marginal (plural marginals)

1. Something that is marginal.
2. Especially a constituency with a small winning margin.

marginal (comparative more marginal, superlative most marginal)

1. of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge

   The marginal area at the edge of the salt-marsh has its own plants.

2. geographically adjacent

   Monmouthshire is a Welsh county marginal to England.

3. written in the margin of a book

   There were more marginal notes than text.

   • 1999, R. I. Page, Introduction to English Runes, Boydell Press, page 198:

     The early pages had marginal notes most of which were lost when rats nibbled away the manuscript edges.

4. at the lower extent of a standard

   His writing ability was marginal at best.

5. of land that is barely productive

   He farmed his marginal land with difficulty.

6. (chiefly UK, Australian) of an electoral district (such as a parliamentary constituency) where the winning margin was a small proportion of the total number of votes, so that only a small change in voting behaviour is necessary to alter the outcome of an election.

   In Bristol West, Labour had a majority of only 1,000 so is highly marginal this time.

7. of categories of people living on the social margin

   violence against marginal groups

Definizione dizionario marginal

	marginale
	Of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge.

emarginato

Altri significati:

of, relating to, or located at a margin or an edge

Especially a constituency with a small winning margin.

(chiefly UK, Australian) of an electoral district (such as a parliamentary constituency) where the winning margin was a small proportion of the total number of votes, so that only a small change in voting behaviour is necessary to alter the outcome of an election.

of categories of people living on the social margin

Something that is marginal.