Definition
Significance is the importance, meaning, or effect that something has. In statistics, it also refers to the likelihood that a result is not due to chance.
Etymology
“Significance” comes from Latin “significantia,” from “significare,” meaning to indicate or make known, built from “signum” (sign) and “facere” (to make). It originally meant the meaning of a sign. The sense of importance grew from the idea that some signs matter more than others.
Kelly Says
In everyday speech, significance means ‘how much this matters’; in statistics, it means ‘how unlikely this is by accident.’ Both ideas quietly ask the same question: is this event just noise, or a real sign of something? The math term is just the everyday word made painfully precise.
Translations
AFAfrikaans
betekenis
betekenis
BGБългарски
значение
значение
CACatalà
significat
significat
DADansk
betydning
betydning
DEDeutsch
Bedeutung
Bedeutung
ELΕλληνικά
σημασία
σημασία
ESEspañol
significado
significado
EUEuskara
garrantzia
garrantzia
FISuomi
merkitys
merkitys
FRFrançais
signification
signification
GLGalego
significado
significado
HRHrvatski
značenje
značenje
HUMagyar
jelentőség
jelentőség
IDBahasa Indonesia
makna
makna
ITItaliano
significato
significato
LTLietuvių
reikšmė
reikšmė
MNМонгол
ач холбогдол
ач-холбогдол
MSBahasa Melayu
makna
makna
MYမြန်မာ
အရေးပါမှု
အရေးပါမှု
NLNederlands
betekenis
betekenis
NONorsk
betydning
betydning
PLPolski
znaczenie
znaczenie
PTPortuguês
significado
significado
RORomână
semnificație
semnificație
RUРусский
значимость
значимость
SKSlovenčina
význam
význam
SLSlovenščina
pomen
pomen
SVSvenska
betydelse
betydelse
TAதமிழ்
முக்கியத்துவம்
முக்கியத்துவம்
TEతెలుగు
ప్రాముఖ్యత
ప్రాముఖ్యత
THไทย
ความสำคัญ
ความสำคัญ
UKУкраїнська
значення
значення
VITiếng Việt
ý nghĩa
ý-nghĩa