margin of error

Noun

Meaning

the margin required in order to insure safety

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

margin of safety safety margin confidence interval confidence level fault tolerance error bar margins of error confidence range range of error deviation bounds room for error error rate acceptable deviation allowable error error margins

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Antonyms

clanger flopperoo floperoo

Hypernyms

index margin

Examples

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small. Donald Rumsfeld

But no matter what safety steps we take or what security precautions we adopt, our risk of death is not approximately – but exactly – 100 percent. There is no margin of error on the statistic. Ben Carson

The biggest thing, I think, is to stay healthy and make the fewest mistakes, and then you can win... The margin of error is so small in the NFL, so if you can do those two things - keep your team healthy and make the fewest mistakes each Sunday - you have a good chance of going to the Super Bowl. Hugh Douglas

The results of a new study are out this week saying that New Jersey is one of the most livable states in the country. The study has a margin of error of 100 percent. Conan O'Brien

in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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