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margin

1. Commerce the profit on a transaction
2. Economics the minimum return below which an enterprise becomes unprofitable
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margin

[′mär·jən]
(geography)
The boundary around a body of water.
(graphic arts)
The blank area at the vertical and horizontal edges of a printed page.
(science and technology)
An outside limit.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

margin

1. The exposed flat surface of the stiles and rails which form the framing around a panel.
2. The projecting surface above the stair nosings in a close string.
3. The mitered border around a hearth.
4. The exposed surface of a slate or tile which is not covered by the one above.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

margin

A blank row at the extreme top and bottom or a blank column at the extreme left and right sides of a sheet of paper or on-screen window. Margins are used for design purposes as well as to accommodate printers that cannot print to the very edge of the paper. See margin guide and gutter.
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After the positioning of the graft with the flap moved to the incisor, the gingival margin was repositioned (Figures 13(a) and 13(b)), the crown was removed, the critical and subcritical area of the emergency profile was resized (Figures 14(a) and 14(b)), and the suspensory suture was made in the papillae and in the center of the margin and fixed directly to the acrylic crown with flow resin (Opallis, FGM) for better tissue stability.
Munoz, "Effect of pre-heated composites and flowable liners on Class II gingival margin gap formation," Operative Dentistry, vol.
Gingival thickness of each tooth was measured at the apical from free gingival margin and coronal from mucogingival junction (Figure 2).
Even though a large debate exists on the etiology of gingival recession, many factors were related to the initiation and development of the apical migration of the gingival margin [4, 5].
The lesion starts at the interdental papilla, spreads along the gingival margin if untreated.
In instances when the cemento-enamel junction (CEJ) may lie apical to the gingival margin, the exact location for the purpose of measurement becomes subjective, and negative recession needs to be recorded which is often not done or possible with digital recording systems.
Gingival recession, is defined as apical shift of gingival margin towards cementoenamel junction and consequently results in tooth root surface exposure.
A transparent strip was tightened and held by finger pression against the gingival margin of the cavity so that the preparation could not de overfilled at the gingival margin.
A uniquely shaped tapered-bristle manual toothbrush was more effective in the interproximal areas, at the gingival margin, and subgingivally compared to a toothbrush with bristles uniform in height and diameter [25].
It is the localized swelling on the gingival margin that constitutes a variety of pathological entities, are either grouped together or excluded (Paulet, 1992).
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