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Significance
SIGNIF'ICANCE
, SIGNIF'ICANCY,Noun.
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.Definition 2024
significance
significance
English
Noun
significance (countable and uncountable, plural significances)
- 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.
- Meaning.
- the significance of a gesture
See also
- Significance level (statistics).
- Statistical significance.
Translations
extent to which something matters
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