Category:Significance

Sig*nif"i*cance, sig*nif"i*can*cy, n. Etym: [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.