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sig·nifi·cance (sig nif′ə kəns)

noun

  1. that which is signified; meaning
  2. the quality of being significant; suggestiveness; expressiveness
  3. importance; consequence; moment

Etymology: LME < L significantia < significans: see significant

Also significancy sig·nif′i·cancy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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