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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

边际差异

Pronunciation / Transliteration: biānjì chāyì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Marginal difference/ˈmɑːdʒɪ.nəl ˈdɪf.ər.əns/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这两个方案之间存在边际差异。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A small, incremental variation or distinction observed between two quantities, groups, or outcomes.

    "The marginal difference in manufacturing costs between the two models is negligible."
  2. 2

    In statistics and economics, the change in outcome resulting from a unit change in a variable.

    "Economists analyzed the marginal difference in consumer demand following the slight price increase."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'marginal', originating from the Late Latin 'marginalis' (pertaining to a margin) via French, and 'difference', from Latin 'differentia' (dissimilarity or variance). The compound term became prominent in modern economics, statistics, and decision theory during the late 19th and 20th centuries to denote incremental variations.

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