significant

Meaning

Adj

1. Signifying something; carrying meaning.
2. Having a noticeable or major effect.
3. Reasonably large in number or amount.
4. Having a covert or hidden meaning.
5. Having a low probability of occurring by chance (for example, having high correlation and thus likely to be related).
6. Of a digit or figure, see significant figure.

Noun

That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/

Etymology

From Latin significans, present participle of significare, from signum (“sign”) + ficare (“do, make”), variant of facere.

Sentences

The F-mount has a significant degree of both backward and forward compatibility .