margin of safety

Noun
  1. The margin required in order to insure safety (synset 105128135)
    "in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress"
    is a type of:
    • margin - an amount beyond the minimum necessary
    • index - a numerical scale used to compare variables with one another or with some reference number
    same as: margin of error, safety margin

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