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  • 61significant other —    The term significant other refers to a person, such as a spouse, partner or lover, with whom you have a long term relationship.     Harry says he makes no decisions without consulting his significant other …

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  • 62significant — adjective 1) a significant increase Syn: notable, noteworthy, worthy of attention, remarkable, important, of importance, of consequence, signal; serious, crucial, weighty, momentous, epoch making, uncommon, unusual, rare, ex …

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  • 63significant — In statistics, describes a mathematical measure of difference between groups. The difference is said to be significant if it is greater than what might be expected to happen by chance alone. Also called statistically significant …

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  • 64significant digit — noun any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non zero digit and ending with the rightmost non zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value) he calculated the answer to four… …

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  • 65significant wave height — The average height of the third of waves observed during a given period of time. Significant wave height is used for evaluating the impact of waves and breakers on watercraft in the open sea and surf zones. See also surf zone …

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  • 66significant digit — noun Date: 1923 any of the digits of a number beginning with the digit farthest to the left that is not zero and ending with the last digit farthest to the right that is either not zero or that is a zero but is considered to be exact called also… …

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  • 67significant figure — noun see significant digit …

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  • 68Significant events of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 — Listed below are some significant events in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, which began on October 23, 1956 and was brutally crushed by Soviet forces in November. * On October 23 a crowd of 100,000 was waiting at the Parliament for Imre Nagy,… …

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  • 69Significant milestones in space exploration — ▪ Table Significant milestones in space exploration date accomplished event details country or agency Oct. 4, 1957 first artificial Earth satellite Sputnik 1 U.S.S.R. Nov. 3, 1957 first animal launched into space dog Laika aboard Sputnik 2… …

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  • 70significant — In statistics, denoting the reliability of a finding or, conversely, the probability of the finding being the result of chance (generally less than 5%). [L. significo, to make known, signify, fr. signum, sign, + facio, to make] * * *… …

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