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Consignificant
Consignificant Con`sig*nif"i*cant, a.
Having joint or equal signification; synonymous. [R.]
--Spelman.
Insignificance
Insignificance In`sig*nif"i*cance, n.
1. The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of
significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of
words or phrases.
2. Want of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness;
inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art.
3. Want of claim to consideration or notice; want of
influence or standing; meanness.
Reduce him, from being the first person in the
nation, to a state of insignificance. --Beattie.
Insignificancy
Insignificancy In`sig*nif"i*can*cy, n.
Insignificance.
Insignificant
Insignificant In`sig*nif"i*cant, a.
1. Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import;
meaningless; as, insignificant words.
2. Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose;
unimportant; valueless; futile.
Laws must be insignificant without the sanction of
rewards and punishments. --Bp. Wilkins.
3. Without weight of character or social standing; mean;
contemptible; as, an insignificant person.
Syn: Unimportant; immaterial; inconsiderable; small;
inferior; trivial; mean; contemptible.
Insignificantly
Insignificantly In`sig*nif"i*cant*ly, adv.
without significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose.
``Anger insignificantly fierce.' --Cowper.
Significance
Significance Sig*nif"i*cance, Significancy Sig*nif"i*can*cy,
n. [L. significantia.]
1. The quality or state of being significant.
2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the
significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a
word or expression.
3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
With this brain I must work, in order to give
significancy and value to the few facts which I
possess. --De Quincey.
Significancy
Significance Sig*nif"i*cance, Significancy Sig*nif"i*can*cy,
n. [L. significantia.]
1. The quality or state of being significant.
2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the
significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a
word or expression.
3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
With this brain I must work, in order to give
significancy and value to the few facts which I
possess. --De Quincey.
SignificantSignificant Sig*nif"i*cant, a. [L. significans, -antis, p. pr.
of significare. See Signify.]
1. Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl
having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive
or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a
significant look.
It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were
significant, but not efficient. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
2. Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a
significant event.
Significant figures (Arith.), the figures which remain to
any number, or decimal fraction, after the ciphers at the
right or left are canceled. Thus, the significant figures
of 25,000, or of .0025, are 25. Significant
Significant Sig*nif"i*cant, n.
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
--Wordsworth.
In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts. --Shak.
Significant figuresSignificant Sig*nif"i*cant, a. [L. significans, -antis, p. pr.
of significare. See Signify.]
1. Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl
having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive
or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a
significant look.
It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were
significant, but not efficient. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
2. Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a
significant event.
Significant figures (Arith.), the figures which remain to
any number, or decimal fraction, after the ciphers at the
right or left are canceled. Thus, the significant figures
of 25,000, or of .0025, are 25. Significantly
Significantly Sig*nif"i*cant*ly, adv.
In a significant manner.
Unsignificant
Unsignificant Un`sig*nif"i*cant, a.
Insignificant. [Obs.] --Holland.
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