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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Significance \Sig*nif"i*cance\, Significancy \Sig*nif"i*can*cy\,
n. [L. significantia.]
1. The quality or state of being significant.
2. That which is signified; meaning; import; as the
significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a
word or expression.
3. Importance; moment; weight; consequence.
With this brain I must work in order to give
significancy and value to the few facts which I
possess. --De Quincey.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
significance
n 1: the quality of being significant; "do not underestimate the
significance of nuclear power" [ant: {insignificance}]
2: a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred;
"the significance of his remark became clear only later";
"the expectation was spread both by word and by
implication" [syn: {import}, {implication}]
3: the message that is intended or expressed [syn: {meaning}, {signification},
{import}]
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