Marginal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Marginal	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Marginal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marginal adj at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach" Synonym(s): fringy, marginal of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades"; "marginal writing ability" Synonym(s): borderline, marginal just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare majority"; "a marginal victory" Synonym(s): bare(a), marginal producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; "marginal industries"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marginal \Mar"ginal\, a. [Cf. F. marginal.] 1. Of or pertaining to a margin. 2. Written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal* note or gloss.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
marginal adj. [common] 1. [techspeak] An extremely small change. "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 little merit. "This proposed new feature seems rather marginal to me." 3. Of extremely small probability of {win}ning. "The power supply was rather marginal anyway; no wonder it fried."
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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 {win}ning. "The power supply was rather marginal anyway; no wonder it fried." [{Jargon File}] (1994-10-21)