signifˈicance /-i-kəns/ noun

1. Meaning
2. Import
3. The quality of being significant (also signifˈicancy)
4. A value of probability at which a particular hypothesis is held to be contradicted by the results of a statistical test (statistics)

signifˈicant adjective

1. Having a meaning
2. Full of meaning
3. Important, worthy of consideration
4. Indicative
5. Having statistical significance

1. That which carries a meaning
2. A sign

signifˈicantly adverb

signifˈicate noun

A thing signified

significāˈtion noun

1. Meaning
2. That which is signified
3. Importance

signifˈicative /-kə-tiv/ adjective

1. Indicative
2. Significant

signifˈicatively adverb

signifˈicātor noun (astrology)

A planet ruling a house

signifˈicatory /-kə-tər-i/ adjective

signifˈics singular noun

The science of meaning

sigˈnifīer noun

significance test noun (statistics)

A test which is used to demonstrate the probability that observed patterns cannot be explained by chance

significant figures or (esp N American) significant digits plural noun (mathematics)

The figures 1 to 9, or zeroes occurring medially, used to express a magnitude (eg the numbers 3.15, 0.0127 and 1.01 are each expressed to three significant figures)

significant other noun

A person's sexual partner

most (or least) significant bit (computing)

The bit with the greatest (or lowest) place value in a computer data word