margin of safety
noun
An allowance made for safety, (Engineering ) a value equal to the factor of safety minus one; also in extended use.
- Also called safety margin..
Origin
Late 19th century.
- unconforming
- unconformity
- uncongenial
- unconnected
- unconnectedly
- unconnectedness
- unconquerable
- unconquerableness
- unconquerably
- unconquered
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- unconscient
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- unconscionability
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- unconscious
- unconsciously
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- unconsecrated
- unconsenting
- unconsidered