nonsignificant

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ significant.

Adjective

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nonsignificant (not comparable)

  1. Not significant.
    Synonym: insignificant
  2. (sciences) Lacking statistical significance.
    • 2009 January 30, Michael L. Anstey et al., “Serotonin Mediates Behavioral Gregarization Underlying Swarm Formation in Desert Locusts”, in Science[1]:
      Locusts that received an injection of 5-HTP but were not crowded also showed a similar but also nonsignificant increase in Pgreg (median 0.38; P = 0.448), which indicates that this treatment was also insufficient to induce full behavioral gregarization.

Noun

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nonsignificant (plural nonsignificants)

  1. Something that has no significance.