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