Nonsignificant

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that has no significance.

    "The kinds of Ciphers (besides the simple ciphers with changes and intermixtures of nulls and nonsignificants) are many, according to the nature or rule of the infolding; […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not significant. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Lacking statistical significance. not-comparable

    "Locusts that received an injection of 5-HTP but were not crowded also showed a similar but also nonsignificant increase in P_(greg) (median 0.38; P = 0.448), which indicates that this treatment was also insufficient to induce full behavioral gregarization."

Adjective
  1. 1
    attributable to chance wordnet

Synonyms

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insignificant

Example

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"Locusts that received an injection of 5-HTP but were not crowded also showed a similar but also nonsignificant increase in P_(greg) (median 0.38; P = 0.448), which indicates that this treatment was also insufficient to induce full behavioral gregarization."

Etymology

From non- + significant.

Related phrases

statistical significance

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