Verb: marginalize 'maa(r)-ji-nu,lIz
- Relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people
"We must not marginalize the poor in our society";
- marginalise [Brit]
- (statistics) integrate a probability distribution over a subset of parameters to calculate a probability that is only a function of the remaining parameters
"We marginalized over the unknown parameters to obtain the likelihood function";
- marginalise [Brit]
Derived forms: marginalized, marginalizes, marginalizing
Type of: interact
Encyclopedia: Marginalize