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Webster 1913 Edition
Significant
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
lookIt 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
eventSignificant 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 25Sig-nif′i-cant
,Noun.
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
Wordsworth.
In dumb
significants
proclaim your thoughts. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Significant
SIGNIF'ICANT
,Adj.
1.
Expressive of something beyond the external mark.2.
Bearing a meaning; expressing or containing signification of sense; as a significant word or sound; a significant look.3.
Betokening something; standing as a sign of something. It was well said of Plotinus, that the stars were significant, but not efficient.4.
Expressive or representative of some fact or event, The passover among the Jews was significant of the escape of the Israelites from the destruction which fell on the Egyptians. The bread and wine in the sacrament are significant of the body and blood of Christ.5.
Important; momentous. [Not in use.]