margin_of_safety (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *margin of safety*:
NOUN	attribute	margin of safety, safety margin, margin of error	the margin required in order to insure safety

English > *margin of safety*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The margin required in order to insure safety.
Example	"in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress"
Synonyms	safety margin, margin of error
Broader	index	A numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number
Broader	margin	An amount beyond the minimum necessary
Catalan	marge d'error

HyperDic: margin_of_safety