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Definition of Margin of safety
1. Noun. The margin required in order to insure safety. "In engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress"
Medical Definition of Margin of safety
1. The margin between the minimal therapeutic dose and the minimal toxic dose of a drug. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Margin Of Safety
Literary usage of Margin of safety
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Railroad Economics: A Text-book for Investors and Students by Aaron Morton Sakolski (1913)
"Net Corporate Income and the Margin of Safety. After the deduction of all proper
charges against current income, the surplus, if any, can be disposed of in ..."
2. Banking Practice: A Textbook for Colleges and Schools of Business Administration by Loyd Helvetius Langston, Nathan Ruggles Whitney (1921)
"Hence, to obtain the real margin of safety for the above-mentioned bank, ...
The Margin of Safety.—The above calculation indicates what is known as the ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1912)
"I believe, therefore, that Dr. Wilson's theory should be accepted. Too much cannot
be said about the margin of safety that Dr. Fuller has mentioned. ..."
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