Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

safety margin

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: safe-ty -mar-gin
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the margin required in order to insure safety

Example Sentences

"in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress"

Synonyms

margin of safety margin of error

Questions

What does safety margin mean?: the margin required in order to insure safety

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