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Margie

Margie is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Margie rather than just read about it. In short: Margie is a feminine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of the related names Margaret, Marjorie, or Margarita, all of which mean "pearl". Margie may refer to: People Margie Abbott (born 1958), Australian businesswoman Margie Ackles (1939–2019), American retired figure skater Margie Adam, American musician and composer Marjorie Margie Alexander (1948–2013), American gospel and soul singer Margie Apa, New Z…

Key takeaways

  • Margie belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
  • Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
  • Connect Margie to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
  • Reproduce the core statement of Margie from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Margie is a feminine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of the related names Margaret, Marjorie, or Margarita, all of which mean "pearl". Margie may refer to:

People Margie Abbott (born 1958), Australian businesswoman Margie Ackles (1939–2019), American retired figure skater Margie Adam, American musician and composer Marjorie Margie Alexander (1948–2013), American gospel and soul singer Margie Apa, New Zealand healthcare manager Margie Velma Barfield (1932–1984), American serial killer Margie Bowes (1941–2020), American country music singer Margie Bright Matthews (born 1963), American politician Margie Rasri Balenciaga Chirathiwat (born 1990), Thai actress and model Margie Cole, American bridge player Margie Cox, American singer Margie Day (1926–2014), stage name of Margaret Hoffler, American R&B singer Margaret Dingeldein (born 1980), American water polo player Margie Donlon, American politician and lawyer Margie Eugene-Richard, American environmentalist Margie Evans, American blues singer and songwriter born Marjorie Ann Johnson in 1940 Margie Foote (1929–2012), American politician Margie Fuston, American writer Margie Gannon, American politician Margie Gillis (born 1953), Canadian dancer and choreographer Margie Goldstein-Engle (born 1958), American equestrian Margie Greenough Henson (1908–2004), American bull rider Margie Harrison, first Playboy Playmate of the Month (January and June 1954) Margaret Hart Ferraro (1913–2000), American burlesque strip tease artist better known as Margie Hart Margie Hendrix (1935–1973), an original member of Ray Charles' backing group, The Raelettes Margaret Margie Hines (1909–1985), American voice actress who played Olive Oyl in the Popeye cartoons from 1939 to 1944 Margie Hohepa, New Zealand education academic Margarita Margie Holmes, Filipina psychologist and professor Marjorie Margie Hyams (1920–2012), American jazz vibraphonist, pianist and arranger Margaret Margie Joseph (born 1950), American R&B, soul and gospel singer Margie Kinsky (born 1958), Italian actress Margie E. Lachman, American psychologist Margie Lang (1924–2007), American baseball player Margie Liszt (1909–1992), American film and television actress Margie Mahoney (born 1952), American cross-country skier Margaret Martin (bodybuilder) (born 1979), American professional bodybuilder Margie Mason, American journalist Margaret Margie Masters (1934–2022), Australian LPGA golfer Margie Mixson (1927–2023), American educator Margarita Moran-Floirendo (born 1973), Filipina peace advocate, 1973 Miss Universe and President of Ballet Philippines Margie Morris (1892–1983), British-born Dutch performer Margie Neal (1875–1971), American journalist and politician Margie Newton, a stage name of Italian actress Margit Evelyn Newton (born 1961) Margie Nightingale, Australian politician Margie Orford (born 1964), South African journalist, film director and fiction and non-fiction author Margie Palatini, American author of children's books Margie Pedder (born 1980), English swimmer Margie Peden, South African public health researcher Margie Pitts Hames (1933–1994), American lawyer Margaret Margie Profet (born 1958), American evolutionary biologist Margie Rayburn, American singer born Marjorie Helen Orwig (1924–2000) Margie Reiger, silent movie actress, star of Charlie Chaplin's 1915 short By the Sea Margie Ruddick, American landscape architect Margie Santimaria (born 1989), Italian professional triathlete Margie Schnibbe (born 1963), American artist Margie Singleton, stage name of American country music singer and songwriter Margaret Louis Ebey (born 1935) Margie Smith (born 1969), American curler Margie Stewart (1919–2012), American actress and the official United States Army poster girl during World War II Margie Sudre (born 1943), French politician Margie Tsang (born 1964), Hong Kong actress and presenter Margie Wilcox, American politician elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2014 Margie Winter (born 2002), Micronesian swimmer Marjorie Margie Wright (born 1952), American retired Hall-of-Fame college softball head coach and former pitcher

Fictional characters Margie Albright, title character of My Little Margie, a 1950s American television situation comedy series Margie, titular character of Margie (1940 film), played by Nan Grey Margie Clayton, title character of Margie (TV series), a 1960s situation comedy starring Cynthia Pepper Marjorie "Margie" MacDuff, protagonist of Margie (1946 film), played by Jeanne Crain Margie Star, the wife of Herb Star and the mother of Sam and Patrick in the animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants Margie, an elephant villager from the video game series Animal Crossing Lt. Margie Cutler, recurring character in the first season of the TV series M*A*S*H

See also Margy Marji

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Margie

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Margie claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Margie before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Margie ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Margie

In research
Margie appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry
Engineering practice reuses Margie in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom
Margie is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics English feminine given names, Feminine given names, Given names, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life
Look for Margie outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Margie in 20 minutes

  1. Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
  2. Close the page and write down what Margie means in your own words.
  3. Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
  4. Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
  5. Explain Margie out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Margie in simple terms?

Margie is a feminine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of the related names Margaret, Marjorie, or Margarita, all of which mean "pearl". Margie may refer to: People Margie Abbott (born 1958), Australian businesswoman Margie Ackles (1939–2019), American retired figure skater Margie Adam…

Why does Margie matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Margie?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Margie.

Tags

  • English feminine given names
  • Feminine given names
  • Given names
  • Given names derived from gemstones
  • Hypocorisms

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