to be of some significance

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• significance — sig|nif|i|cance [ sıg nıfıkəns ] noun singular or uncount ** 1. ) the importance that something has because it affects other things: significance for: changes that have enormous significance for the medical profession be of great/little etc.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• significance */*/ — UK [sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns] / US noun [singular/uncountable] 1) the importance that something has because it affects other things significance of: the historical significance of these events be of great/little etc significance: I do not think this case is… …   English dictionary

• significance — [[t]sɪgnɪ̱fɪkəns[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu with supp, oft N prep The significance of something is the importance that it has, usually because it will have an effect on a situation or shows something about a situation. Ideas about the social… …   English dictionary

• Significance arithmetic — is a set of rules (sometimes called significant figure rules) for approximating the propagation of uncertainty in scientific or statistical calculations. These rules can be used to find the appropriate number of significant figures to use to… …   Wikipedia

• significance tests — A variety of statistical techniques are used in empirical social research in order to establish whether a relationship between sample variables may be inferred to apply to the population from which the sample was drawn. These techniques assess… …   Dictionary of sociology

• Some Common Ailments — infobox Book | name = Some Common Ailments title orig = translator = image caption = Some Common Ailments author = Anil Aggrawal cover artist = country = India language = English series = Popular Science genre = Popular Science publisher =… …   Wikipedia

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• significance — n. (in statistics) a relationship between two groups of observations indicating that the difference between them is unlikely to have occurred by chance alone. An assumption is made that there is no difference between the two populations from… …   Medical dictionary

• Acts of independent significance — The doctrine of acts of independent significance, in the common law of wills, permits the testator to effectively change the disposition of her property without changing her will, if acts or events with relation to the property itself have some… …   Wikipedia

• act of independent significance — noun A doctrine in the law of wills under which a testator may effectively change the disposition of his property without changing the text of the will, so long as the acts or events changing the disposition have some significance other than… …   Wiktionary

• Statistical significance — In statistics, a result is called statistically significant if it is unlikely to have occurred by chance. A statistically significant difference simply means there is statistical evidence that there is a difference; it does not mean the… …   Wikipedia