meaning of marginal

1. Of or pertaining to a margin.
2. Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or gloss.
3. marginal 1. Extremely small. "A marginal increase in core can decrease GC time drastically. " In everyday terms, this means that it is a lot easier to clean off your desk if you have a spare place to put some of the junk while you sort through it. 2. Of extremely small merit. "This proposed new feature seems rather marginal to me. " 3. Of extremely small probability of winning. "The power supply was rather marginal anyway; no wonder it fried. " [Jargon File]
4. at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of ">beach"

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