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  • 71significant influence — The holding of a large portion of the equity of a corporation, usually at least 20%, which gives the holder a significant amount of control over the corporation. This degree of holding must be recorded in a firm s financial statements. Bloomberg… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 72significant order imbalance — A large number of buy or sell orders for a stock that cause an abnormally wide spread between bid and offer prices , and often causes the exchange to halt the sale of the stock until significant balance has been reestablished. Bloomberg Financial …

    Financial and business terms

  • 73significant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. important, consequential; meaningful, expressive. See importance, meaning.Ant., insignificant. significant other, II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. meaningful, notable, vital; see important 1 . III (Roget …

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  • 74significant meteorological information — A weather advisory issued concerning weather significant to the safety of all aircraft. SIGMET advisories cover severe and extreme turbulence, severe icing, widespread dust storms or sandstorms that reduce visibility to less than 3 miles,… …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 75significant other —    a regular sexual companion without marriage    Normally heterosexual, but sometimes homosexual, as:     I started the yacht upholstery, you know, after my friend died. In 1979. What these days they d call a significant other . (Proulx, 1993… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 76significant digits — signif′icant dig′its n. pl. math. all the nonzero digits of a number and the zeros that are included between them or that are final zeros and signify accuracy: The significant digits of 0.01230 are 1, 2, 3, and the final 0. Also called… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 77significant — /sɪgˈnɪfəkənt / (say sig nifuhkuhnt) adjective 1. important; of consequence. 2. expressing a meaning; indicative. 3. having a special or covert meaning; suggestive. –noun 4. Obsolete something significant; a sign. {Latin significans, present… …

  • 78significant figures — /sɪgˌnɪfəkənt ˈfɪgəz/ (say sig.nifuhkuhnt figuhz) plural noun the digits in a number excluding the zeros after an integral number or before a decimal fraction (except those added to signify accuracy). In 0.0352 and in 35 200 the significant… …

  • 79significant other — /sɪgˌnɪfəkənt ˈʌðə/ (say sig.nifuhkuhnt udhuh) noun Colloquial (humorous) 1. one s spouse or partner: the invitation is for you and your significant other. 2. a person considered important for one s emotional wellbeing …

  • 80significant risk of CO₂ geological storage — didelis anglies dioksido geologinio saugojimo pavojus statusas Aprobuotas sritis aplinkos apsauga apibrėžtis Tikimybės, kad bus padaryta žala, ir žalos santykis, į kurį būtina atsižvelgti iš naujo persvarstant, ar galimas anglies dioksido… …

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