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==Origin==

==Origin==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] frenge, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, from [[Latin]] fimbriae (plural)

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] frenge, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *frimbia, from [[Latin]] fimbriae (plural)

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band

*1: an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band

*2a : something resembling a fringe : edge, [[periphery]] —often used in plural <operated on the fringes of the [[law]]>  

*2a : something resembling a fringe : edge, [[periphery]] —often used in plural <operated on the fringes of the [[law]]>  

:b : one of various [[light]] or dark bands produced by the [[interference]] or [[diffraction]] of [[light]]  

:b : one of various [[light]] or dark bands produced by the [[interference]] or [[diffraction]] of [[light]]  

:c : an area bordering a putting green on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_course golf course] with grass trimmed longer than on the green itself

:c : an area bordering a putting green on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_course golf course] with grass trimmed longer than on the green itself

*3a : something that is marginal, additional, or secondary to some [[activity]], [[process]], or subject <a fringe sport>  

*3a : something that is marginal, additional, or secondary to some [[activity]], [[process]], or subject <a fringe sport>  

:b : a [[group]] with marginal or extremist views  

:b : a [[group]] with marginal or extremist views  

It is important to distinguish between a [[science]] that has not yet been proven but follows the [[scientific method]] and any science which does not follow the scientific method. This is the [[difference]] between fringe science and pseudoscience. As above mentioned, some [[disciplines]] of fringe science have been or may,in the [[future]], be proven to be actually true. [[Pseudoscience]], however would only be proven true by a [[coincidence]] between [[opinion]] and [[fact]], as the methods used are not [[logical]] [[proofs]].

It is important to distinguish between a [[science]] that has not yet been proven but follows the [[scientific method]] and any science which does not follow the scientific method. This is the [[difference]] between fringe science and pseudoscience. As above mentioned, some [[disciplines]] of fringe science have been or may,in the [[future]], be proven to be actually true. [[Pseudoscience]], however would only be proven true by a [[coincidence]] between [[opinion]] and [[fact]], as the methods used are not [[logical]] [[proofs]].

[[Category: Sociology]]

[[Category: Sociology]]