different between margin vs spacing

English

Etymology

From Middle English margyne, margine, from Latin marginem (possibly via Old French margin), accusative of marg? (“edge, brink, border, margin”). Doublet of marge and margo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??d??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m???d?(?)n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d??n

Noun

margin (plural margins)

1. (typography) The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc.
2. The edge or border of any flat surface.
3. (figuratively) The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group.
   • 1999, Pierre François, Inlets of the Soul: Contemporary Fiction in English and the Myth of the Fall, page 186,

     As far as space is concerned, Mary Lamb finds herself at the farthest margin of society - among tramps - when the novel begins.

5. A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores.

   margin of victory

6. A permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits.

7. (finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.
8. (finance) Collateral security deposited with a broker, to compensate the broker in the event of loss in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, commodities, etc.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of N. Biddle to this entry?)

9. That which is ancillary; periphery.

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Verb

margin (third-person singular simple present margins, present participle margining, simple past and past participle margined)

1. (transitive) To add a margin to.
2. (transitive) To enter (notes etc.) into the margin.

Further reading

• margin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• margin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Ingram, Maring, arming, raming

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin margo

Noun

margin m (definite singular marginen, indefinite plural marginer, definite plural marginene)

1. a margin (most senses)

Synonyms

• marg

Derived terms

• feilmargin

References

• “margin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin margo

Noun

margin m (definite singular marginen, indefinite plural marginar, definite plural marginane)

1. a margin (most senses)

Synonyms

• marg

Derived terms

• feilmargin

References

• “margin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Verb

spacing

1. present participle of space

Noun

spacing (countable and uncountable, plural spacings)

1. The action of the verb space.
2. A way in which objects or people are separated by spaces.

   The spacing of the desks in the exam hall was intended to prevent candidates from copying each other's work.

3. The space between two objects or people.

   Put some more spacing between those two words to make them more readable.

4. (science fiction) The activity of working or living in outer space; the occupation of a spacer.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• letterspacing

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Adjective

spacing (not comparable)

1. That inserts space between two objects.

Derived terms

Related terms

• long-spacing sonic log

Anagrams

• pacings, scaping