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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdifférence marginale
Pronunciation / Transliteration: difeʁɑ̃s maʁʒinal
"La différence marginale entre les deux options est minime."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 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
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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10 Global Lexicons: How "Marginal difference" is said worldwide
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différence marginale
Transliteration: difeʁɑ̃s maʁʒinal
"La différence marginale entre les deux options est minime."
marginale Differenz
Transliteration: marɡiˈnaːlə dɪfəˈʁɛnts
"Die marginale Differenz der Ergebnisse war kaum erkennbar."
differenza marginale
Transliteration: diffeˈrentsa marˈdʒinale
"C'è una differenza marginale tra i due prodotti."
diferencia marginal
Transliteration: difeˈɾensja maɾxiˈnal
"La diferencia marginal en los resultados fue muy pequeña."
diferença marginal
Transliteration: difeˈɾẽsɐ maɾʒiˈnaw
"A diferença marginal entre as propostas é irrelevante."
सीमांत अंतर
Transliteration: seemant antar
"दोनों प्रस्तावों के बीच एक सीमांत अंतर है।"
边际差异
Transliteration: biānjì chāyì
"这两个方案之间存在边际差异。"
한계 차이
Transliteration: hangye chai
"두 모델 사이에는 한계 차이가 존재합니다."
限界差異
Transliteration: genkai sai
"両者の間には限界差異が見られる。"
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