"fudge factor" meaning in English

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        "(idiomatic, engineering) A quantity introduced to compensate for uncertainty."
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        "Any padding or compensation built into a guess or estimate."
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        "(idiomatic) Any padding or compensation built into a guess or estimate."
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        "variant of \"pucker factor\", meaning something is/was frightening."
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        "(idiomatic) variant of \"pucker factor\", meaning something is/was frightening."
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