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sig·nifi·cant (-kənt)
adjective
- having or expressing a meaning
- full of meaning
- important; momentous
- having or conveying a special or hidden meaning; suggestive
- of or pertaining to an observed departure from a hypothesis too large to be reasonably attributed to chance a significant statistical difference
Etymology: L significans, prp. of significare, to signify
noun
Archaic something that has significance; sign
Related Forms:
- significantly sig·nif′i·cantly adverb
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