margin of safety

NOUN
16 LETTERS · STARTS WITH M

margin of safety is a valid 16-letter word worth 26 points in Scrabble and 28 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
M3A1R1G2I1N1O1F4S1A1F4E1T1Y4
3 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 4 =26 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 52TRIPLE WORD → 78
MEANING

What does margin of safety mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

The margin required in order to insure safety.

“in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress”