Marginal

Marginal may refer to:

  • For marginal constituency in politics, see “Marginal seat”
  • For the manga, see Marginal (manga)
  • For marginal model in hierarchical linear modeling, see “Marginal model”
  • For marginal observables in physics, see “Renormalization group”
  • For marginal person in sociology, see “Marginalization”
  • For marginal probability in probability theory, see “Marginal distribution”
  • For economic concepts, see “Marginalism”, and the various articles to which “Marginal concepts” is linked

Famous quotes containing the word marginal:

    “If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practised, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    “In realms of knowledge, we bequeath our books,
    And woe pursue who to a master quotes
    The funnier of our witty marginal notes.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Most works of art are effectively treated as commodities and most artists, even when they justly claim quite other intentions, are effectively treated as a category of independent craftsmen or skilled workers producing a certain kind of marginal commodity.”
    —Raymond Williams (1921–1988)