significant difference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsignificantanddifference
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significant
adjective
uk/sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/us/sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/
important ...
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difference
noun
uk/ˈdɪf.ər.əns/us/ˈdɪf.ɚ.əns/
the way in which two or more things which you are comparing are not ...
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(Definition ofsignificantanddifferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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At each of the worm ages there was nosignificantdifferencein the number of spikes per spine at any of the levels evaluated.
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This suggests that there was not asignificantdifferencebetween the two sides.
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Nosignificantdifferencebetween patients who had undergone cognitive remediation and controls was found.
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The onlysignificantdifferencein risk factors was in the level of extreme compliance, which was twice as high in the present sample.
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There was no statisticallysignificantdifferencebetween the two groups' attrition rates.
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None of the versions indicated asignificantdifferencebetween the conditions.
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Importantly, they also found nosignificantdifferencein other health outcomes.
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Despite this improvement, no statisticallysignificantdifferencewas found between the two groups in terms of their development.
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There is nosignificantdifferencein doubling rate between high doublers and low doublers for subject type, specificity, and definiteness of the subject.
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Nadasdi did not expect to find asignificantdifferencebetween passives and unaccusatives, but he did.
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Only nine per cent of the homes reported having no staff with any level of dementia-care training (with nosignificantdifferenceby home type).
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In contrast, there was nosignificantdifferencebetween the ratings of patients with delusions of persecution for the conditions in which movement was animate.
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There was nosignificantdifferencebetween nimodipine or control participants in dropout rates.
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There was no statisticallysignificantdifferencebetween the attack rate for male (6 %) and female campers (8 %), nor between the three age groups.
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Even more important is thesignificantdifferencebetween the upward and downward travelling time.
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In all experiments there was nosignificantdifferencein catches between days or sites.
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