1. 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" [syn: margin of safety, safety margin, margin of error]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
margin of safety
n 1: the margin required in order to insure safety; "in
engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the
material minus the anticipated stress" [syn: margin of
safety, safety margin, margin of error]