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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Significant \Sig*nif"i*cant\, n.
     That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
     --Wordsworth.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were
              significant, but not efficient.       --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a
        significant event.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Significant \Sig*nif"i*cant\, n.
     That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
     --Wordsworth.
  
           In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  significant
       adj 1: important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax
              laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a
              significant contribution"; "significant details";
              "statistically significant" [syn: important] [ant: insignificant]
       2: fairly large; "won by a substantial margin" [syn: substantial]
       3: too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and
          therefore indicating a systematic relation; "the
          interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no
          significant difference was found" [ant: nonsignificant]
       4: rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look";
          "pregnant with meaning" [syn: meaning(a), pregnant]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  significant
     Αγγλικά a.
     σημαντικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  significant
     Catalan part.p.
     (present participle of ca significar)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la significō  3 p pres actv indc)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  significant
     a.
     1 signify something; carrying meaning.
     2 Having a covert or hidden meaning.
     3 Having a noticeable or major effect.
     4 Reasonably large in number or amount.
     5 (lb en statistics) Having a low probability of occurring by chance
  (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).
     n.
     That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  significant
     Catalan part.p.
     (present participle of ca significar)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la significō  3 p pres actv indc)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  significant
     Catalan part.p.
     (present participle of ca significar)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la significō  3 p pres actv indc)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  significant
     Katalaani vb.
     (ca-v-taivm 1 s ignific ant)
     Latina vb.
     (la-v-taivm 1 s ignific ant)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  significant
     Engelska a.
     signifikant, betydelsefull, viktig, betydande, väsentlig, avsevärd

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  significant /sɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt/
  betekenisvol

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Significant /sɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt/
  هامّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  significant //sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt// //sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.ɡənt// //sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt// 
  1. значи́телен, съще́ствен
  having noticeable effect
  2. значи́телен
  reasonably large
  3. изрази́телен
  signifying something; carrying meaning
  4. значи́м
  statistics: having a low probability of occurring by chance