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Definition of Significant

Significant
Significant 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.

Meaning of Significant from wikipedia

- Significance (policy debate), a stock issue in policy debate Significant figures or significant digits, the precision of a numerical value Statistical significance...
- Significant figures, also referred to as significant digits or sig figs, are specific digits within a number written in positional notation that carry...
- The term significant other (SO) has different uses in psychology and colloquial language. Colloquially, "significant other" is used as a gender-neutral...
- least significant bit (LSb) is the bit position in a binary integer representing the binary 1s place of the integer. Similarly, the most significant bit...
- significant other or significant others in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A significant other is a partner in an intimate relationship. Significant...
- given that the null hypothesis is true. The result is statistically significant, by the standards of the study, when p ≤ α {\displaystyle p\leq \alpha...
- The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. Developed by Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam...
- Significant Other is a 2022 American science fiction horror film written and directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen. The film stars Maika Monroe and Jake...
- In physical oceanography, the significant wave height (SWH, HTSGW or Hs) is defined traditionally as the mean wave height (trough to crest) of the highest...
- Significant form refers to an aesthetic theory developed by English art critic Clive Bell which specified a set of criteria for what qualified as a work...