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Margin

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˈmɑːrdʒɪn/nounCore term

In software engineering, margin means: The space outside an element's border, which pushes other elements away from it.

In Turkish: dış boşluk, kenar boşluğu, margin

How it is used

Set with margin or with margin-top, margin-right and so on. 'margin: 0 auto' is a classic way to center a block. Vertical margins between blocks can collapse into one, which surprises many beginners.

Example sentences

  1. Remove the bottom margin from the last paragraph.

  2. There's too much margin between the title and the image.

Common collocations

  • add margin
  • margin collapse
  • negative margin
  • margin: 0 auto
  • paddingThe space inside an element, between its content and its border, which keeps the content away from the edges.
  • box modelThe CSS idea that every element is a rectangular box made of content, padding, border and margin, which together decide its size and spacing.
  • layoutThe way elements are arranged on a page: where columns, menus, images and text sit and how they move when the screen size changes.
  • propertyIn CSS, the name of a style feature you set, such as color, margin or display, which is always paired with a value.

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