What is the meaning of significant?

adjective

  • Important in effect or meaning.
    • usage: "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"
  • Fairly large.
    • usage: "won by a substantial margin"
  • Too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation.
    • usage: "the interaction effect is significant at the. 01 level"; "no significant difference was found"
  • Rich in significance or implication.
    • usage: "a meaning look"
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