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Adsignification
Adsignification Ad*sig`ni*fi*ca"tion, n.
Additional signification. [R.] --Tooke.
Consignificant
Consignificant Con`sig*nif"i*cant, a.
Having joint or equal signification; synonymous. [R.]
--Spelman.
Consignification
Consignification Con*sig`ni*fi*ca"tion, n.
Joint signification. [R.]
Consignificative
Consignificative Con`sig*nif"i*ca*tive, a.
Consignificant; jointly significate. [R.]
Cosignificative
Cosignificative Co`sig*nif"i*ca*tive (k?`s?g-n?f"?-k?-t?v), a.
Having the same signification. --Cockerham.
Insignificance
Insignificance In`sig*nif"i*cance, n.
1. The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of
significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of
words or phrases.
2. Want of force or effect; unimportance; pettiness;
inefficacy; as, the insignificance of human art.
3. Want of claim to consideration or notice; want of
influence or standing; meanness.
Reduce him, from being the first person in the
nation, to a state of insignificance. --Beattie.
Insignificancy
Insignificancy In`sig*nif"i*can*cy, n.
Insignificance.
Insignificant
Insignificant In`sig*nif"i*cant, a.
1. Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import;
meaningless; as, insignificant words.
2. Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose;
unimportant; valueless; futile.
Laws must be insignificant without the sanction of
rewards and punishments. --Bp. Wilkins.
3. Without weight of character or social standing; mean;
contemptible; as, an insignificant person.
Syn: Unimportant; immaterial; inconsiderable; small;
inferior; trivial; mean; contemptible.
Insignificantly
Insignificantly In`sig*nif"i*cant*ly, adv.
without significance, importance, or effect; to no purpose.
``Anger insignificantly fierce.' --Cowper.
InsignificativeInsignificative In`sig*nif"i*ca*tive, a. [L. insignificativus.
See In- not, and Significative.]
Not expressing meaning; not significant. PresignificationPresignification Pre*sig`ni*fi*ca"tion, n. [?.
praesignificatio. See Presignify.]
The act of signifying or showing beforehand. Significance
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.
Significancy
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.
SignificantSignificant 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. Significant
Significant Sig*nif"i*cant, n.
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
--Wordsworth.
In dumb significants proclaim your thoughts. --Shak.
Significant figuresSignificant 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. Significantly
Significantly Sig*nif"i*cant*ly, adv.
In a significant manner.
SignificateSignificate Sig*nif"i*cate, n. [L. significatus, p. p. of
significare. See Signify.] (Logic)
One of several things signified by a common term. --Whately. SignificativeSignificative Sig*nif"i*ca*tive, a. [L. significativus: cf. F.
significatif.]
1. Betokening or representing by an external sign.
The holy symbols or signs are not barely
significative. --Brerewood.
2. Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning
or purpose; significant.
Neither in the degrees of kindred they were
destitute of significative words. --Camden.
-- Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ly, adv. --
Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ness, n. SignificativelySignificative Sig*nif"i*ca*tive, a. [L. significativus: cf. F.
significatif.]
1. Betokening or representing by an external sign.
The holy symbols or signs are not barely
significative. --Brerewood.
2. Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning
or purpose; significant.
Neither in the degrees of kindred they were
destitute of significative words. --Camden.
-- Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ly, adv. --
Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ness, n. SignificativenessSignificative Sig*nif"i*ca*tive, a. [L. significativus: cf. F.
significatif.]
1. Betokening or representing by an external sign.
The holy symbols or signs are not barely
significative. --Brerewood.
2. Having signification or meaning; expressive of a meaning
or purpose; significant.
Neither in the degrees of kindred they were
destitute of significative words. --Camden.
-- Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ly, adv. --
Sig*nif"i*ca*tive*ness, n. Significatory
Significatory Sig*nif"i*ca*to*ry, a. [L. significatorius.]
Significant. -- n. That which is significatory.
Unsignificant
Unsignificant Un`sig*nif"i*cant, a.
Insignificant. [Obs.] --Holland.
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