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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Significant \Sig*nif"i*cant\, adjective [L. significans, -antis, p. pr. of significare. See {Signify}.]
1. Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look.
It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient. --Sir W. Raleigh.
2. Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event.
{Significant figures} (Arith.), the figures which remain to any number, or decimal fraction, after the ciphers at the right or left are canceled. Thus, the significant figures of 25,000, or of .0025, are 25.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Significant \Sig*nif"i*cant\, noun That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol. --Wordsworth.
In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant" [syn: {significant}, {important}] [ant: {insignificant}, {unimportant}]
2: fairly large; "won by a substantial margin" [syn: {significant}, {substantial}]
3: too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation; "the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found" [ant: {nonsignificant}]
4: rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look" [syn: {meaning(a)}, {pregnant}, {significant}]
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