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

Derived forms: marginalizes, marginalizing, marginalized

See also: marginalization

Type of: interact

Encyclopedia: Marginalize