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significant definition

sig·nifi·cant (-kənt)

adjective

    1. having or expressing a meaning
    2. full of meaning
  2. important; momentous
  3. having or conveying a special or hidden meaning; suggestive
  4. 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

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