significance

(-kən-sē)
n.

1. The state or quality of being significant. See synonyms at importance.
2. A meaning that is expressed.
3. A covert or implied meaning. See synonyms at meaning.

noun

1. The quality or state of being important: concern, concernment, consequence, import, importance, moment, significancy, weight, weightiness. See important/unimportant.
2. That which is signified by a word or expression: acceptation, connotation, denotation, import, intent, meaning, message, purport, sense, significancy, signification, value. See meaning.
3. The gist of a specific action or situation: idea, import, meaning, point, purport, significancy. See meaning.

n

Definition: meaning
Antonyms: insignificance, meaninglessness, triviality, unimportance

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In statistics, a description of an observed result that shows sufficient deviation from the expected or hypothesized result to be considered different from the expected result and not attributable to chance.

The quality of an assessment about the relationship between two or more values of a variable. Significance is achieved if the relationship is more common than would be achieved by a random selection.

IN BRIEF: Having importance or special meaning.

Of what significance are the things you can forget? — Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American philosopher and naturalist.

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