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Meaning of significant

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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: {significant},
             {important}] [ant: {insignificant}, {unimportant}]
      2: fairly large; "won by a substantial margin" [syn:
         {significant}, {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" [syn:
         {meaning(a)}, {pregnant}, {significant}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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