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Significance

SIGNIF'ICANCE

, SIGNIF'ICANCY,
Noun.
[L. significans. See Signify.]
1.
Meaning; import; that which is intended to be expressed; as the significance of a nod, or of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.
2.
Force; energy; power of impressing the mind; as a duty enjoined with particular significance.
3.
Importance; moment; weight; consequence. Many a circumstance of less significancy has been construed into an event act of high treason.

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significance

significance

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Noun

significance (countable and uncountable, plural significances)

  1. The extent to which something matters; importance
    As a juror your opinion is of great significance for the outcome of the trial.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5
      Of more significance in the nature of branch development; in the Jubulaceae, as in the Porellaceae, branches are acroscopic and normally replace a ventral leaf lobe.
  2. Meaning.
    the significance of a gesture

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