comma vs margin

comma

noun
  • A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways. 

  • A brief interval. 

  • In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma. 

  • The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list. 

  • A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark. 

  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia. 

  • A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence. 

verb
  • To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas. 

margin

noun
  • A difference or ratio between results, characteristics, scores. 

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

  • The edge or border of any flat surface. 

  • The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production. 

  • margin of victory 

  • That which is ancillary; periphery. 

  • The edge defining inclusion in or exclusion from a set or group. 

  • The edge of the paper, typically left blank when printing but sometimes used for annotations etc. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To enter (notes etc.) into the margin. 

  • To trade (securities etc.) on margin (collateral). 

  • To add a margin to. 

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