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Verb: marginalise  'maa(r)-ji-nu`lIz
Usage: Brit (=marginalize)
  1. Relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people
    "We must not marginalise the poor in our society"
    - marginalize
     
  2. (statistics) integrate a probability distribution over a subset of parameters to calculate a probability that is only a function of the remaining parameters
    - marginalize

Derived forms: marginalises, marginalised, marginalising

See also: marginalisation [Brit]

Type of: interact

Encyclopedia: Marginalise