felmarginal
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]fel + marginal, used at least since the 1920s
Noun
[edit]felmarginal c
- margin of error, the maximum deviation up or down from a given value
- Olson räknar själv, även om han ej direkt påpekar det, med en felmarginal för sin dateringsmetod av åtminstone åttio år.
- Olson calculates, even if he doesn't directly state it, with a margin of error for his dating method of at least eighty years.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | felmarginal | felmarginals |
| definite | felmarginalen | felmarginalens | |
| plural | indefinite | felmarginaler | felmarginalers |
| definite | felmarginalerna | felmarginalernas |
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “felmarginal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)