significant

The definition of significant is having meaning, influence or importance.

(adjective)

An example of significant is the first person to undergo a heart transplant.

See significant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

1. having or expressing a meaning
2. 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

Origin: L significans, prp. of significare, to signify

noun

Archaic something that has significance; sign

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See significant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Having or expressing a meaning; meaningful.
Having or expressing a covert meaning; suggestive: a significant glance. See Synonyms at expressive.
Having or likely to have a major effect; important: a significant change in the tax laws.
Fairly large in amount or quantity: significant casualties; no significant opposition.
Statistics Of or relating to observations or occurrences that are too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicate a systematic relationship.

Origin:

Origin: Latin significāns, significant-

Origin: , present participle of significāre, to signify; see signify

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