[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

marginal \mar"ginal\, a. cf. f. marginal.
   1. of or pertaining to a margin.
      1913 webster

   2. written or printed in the margin; as, a marginal note or
      gloss.
      1913 webster

   3. at the lower limit; barely sufficient; as, of marginal
      utility.
      pjc marginal cost

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

marginal
     adj 1: at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of
            beach" syn: fringy
     2: of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades";
        "marginal writing ability" syn: borderline
     3: of a bare living gained by great labor; "the sharecropper's
        hardscrabble life"; "a marginal existence" syn: hardscrabble
     4: just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare
        majority"; "a marginal victory" syn: barea
     5: producing at a rate that barely covers production costs;
        "marginal industries"; "marginal land"
     6: of something or someone close to a lower limit or lower
        class; "marginal abilities"
see also:
fringy borderline hardscrabble barea 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 moby thesaurus words for "marginal":
   bordering, borderline, boundary, bounding, coastal, determinant,
   determinative, determining, disputable, doubtful, dubious, extreme,
   fringing, frontier, inferior, infinitesimal, insignificant, limbic,
   liminal, limit, limiting, littoral, low-priority, minimal,
   negligible, no great shakes, of no account, of no consequence,
   of no matter, of no significance, on the edge, questionable,
   rimming, secondary, skirting, slight, small, terminal, threshold,
   tiny, unimportant

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

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 winning. "the
   power supply was rather marginal anyway; no wonder it fried."


see also:
core gc win 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

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 winning.  "the power
        supply was rather marginal anyway; no wonder it fried."
     
        jargon file
     
        1994-10-21
     
     
see also:
core gc win jargon file 

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