practical significance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpracticalandsignificance
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practical
adjective
uk/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/us/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas ...
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significance
noun[U]
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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Thepracticalsignificanceof this limitation is that it is necessary to fixate most words so that they can be identified.
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This is similar to the fact that statistical significance does not always imply epistemological significance orpracticalsignificance.
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Theirpracticalsignificance, however, depends on increasing substantially the numbers of citizens who engage in them.
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As implied by the typical concerns expressed in the above quotes, it is also an issue ofpracticalsignificance.
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Thepracticalsignificanceand ecological impact of apraxia should however convince the clinician to incorporate the treatment of apraxia into the overall rehabilitation programme.
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Because this is a variable which is amenable to changes in public policy, its effect is of verypracticalsignificanceas well.
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This problem has potential theoretical andpracticalsignificance, and the result presented here is, as far as we know, the best that has been published.
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No particularpracticalsignificanceis claimed for this example; it is offered just as an illustration of how - and can express sharing properties.
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Nevertheless, this difference in scores was "generally quite small and of littlepracticalsignificance" (1989:378).
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Other findings in this survey have important additionalpracticalsignificance.
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It is ofpracticalsignificancebecause it can be used to deforest modularly constructed functional programs.
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This result, that there are only two equilibria with centralized wholesaling markets-the optimal-output equilibrium and the zero-output equilibrium-may be ofpracticalsignificance.
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It is not shown here due to its lack ofpracticalsignificance.
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Moreover, it would be a mistake to overestimate thepracticalsignificanceof this defense of hate speech regulation.
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The other side is thepracticalsignificanceof this theoretical pursuit.
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It did mean, however, that in need of reliable feedback from 'economic reality', the political power realised and admitted thepracticalsignificanceof economic research.
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So critical reflection upon the nature of law is, potentially, a matter of considerablepracticalsignificance.
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Such studies havepracticalsignificancebecause they describe performance problems relevant to real life.
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