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.
- photograph
- photographable
- photographee
- photographer
- photographess
- photographic
- photographica
- photographical
- photographically
- photographic magnitude
- photographic memory
- photographic paper
- photographist
- photographize
- photography
- photograver
- photogravure
- photogravured
- photogravurist
- photoheliograph
- photoheliographic
- photoheliography
- photoheterotroph
- photoheterotrophic
- photoheterotrophy