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Definition of Significance
1. Noun. The quality of being significant. "Do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power"
Generic synonyms: Importance
Specialized synonyms: Historicalness, Meaningfulness, Consequence, Import, Moment
Attributes: Important, Significant, Insignificant, Unimportant
Antonyms: Insignificance
Derivative terms: Significant
Specialized synonyms: Historicalness, Meaningfulness, Consequence, Import, Moment
Attributes: Important, Significant, Insignificant, Unimportant
Antonyms: Insignificance
Derivative terms: Significant
2. Noun. A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred. "The expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
Exact synonyms: Implication, Import
Generic synonyms: Meaning, Substance
Derivative terms: Implicate, Imply, Import, Significant
Generic synonyms: Meaning, Substance
Derivative terms: Implicate, Imply, Import, Significant
3. Noun. The message that is intended or expressed or signified. "The import of his announcement was ambiguous"
Exact synonyms: Import, Meaning, Signification
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Specialized synonyms: Lexical Meaning, Grammatical Meaning, Symbolisation, Symbolization, Sense, Signified, Connotation, Intension, Referent, Burden, Core, Effect, Essence, Gist, Intent, Purport, Spirit, Lesson, Moral, Nicety, Nuance, Refinement, Shade, Subtlety, Overtone, Point
Derivative terms: Import, Mean, Mean, Significant, Signify, Signify
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Specialized synonyms: Lexical Meaning, Grammatical Meaning, Symbolisation, Symbolization, Sense, Signified, Connotation, Intension, Referent, Burden, Core, Effect, Essence, Gist, Intent, Purport, Spirit, Lesson, Moral, Nicety, Nuance, Refinement, Shade, Subtlety, Overtone, Point
Derivative terms: Import, Mean, Mean, Significant, Signify, Signify
Definition of Significance
1. n. The quality or state of being significant.
Definition of Significance
1. Noun. The extent to which something matters; importance ¹
2. Noun. Meaning. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Significance
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Significance
1. An analytical evaluation of the results of a comparative trial or survey. Data yielding a difference in outcome depending on treatment or environmental factors are considered statistically significant if various mathematical procedures indicate there is less than a one in twenty (five percent) chance that the same results would occur through random accident. (In statistical terms this is expressed as p<.05 -or, the p-value is less than0.05.) (09 Oct 1997)
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