potential significance

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potential
adjective[before noun]
uk /pəˈten.ʃəl/ us /poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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significance
noun[U]
uk /sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns/ us /sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns/
importance:
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Examples of potential significance

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While these findings may not be particularly surprising, their true merit resides in their validity and potentialsignificance.
Because of the novelty and potentialsignificance of this finding the published evidence will be examined in detail.
Perhaps the most surprising feature is the failure to appreciate the potentialsignificance of the properties of toxoid.
The networks are functionally identical, but the localist version has potentialsignificance for the psychology of music that the distributed version lacks.
However, the results may be interpreted as indicating some important characteristics with potentialsignificance for susceptibility to lameness.
The potentialsignificance to persons of decisions to procreate were discussed above.
Again, we sought to determine the potentialsignificance of parental commitment over and above more conventional measures of closeness to both parents.
While some social scientists have recognized the potentialsignificance of such duration effects, others have argued that the determinants of divorce are essentially time invariant.
The fact that waves are most pronounced near a caustic according to linear theory provides motivation for exploring the potentialsignificance of finite-amplitude effects.
The first completed projects provide a picture of the potentialsignificance of investigative medicine for policy.
The 'civic culture' literature also tended to understate the potentialsignificance of social conflict.
Example empirical illustrations of human studies are then provided that highlight the potential significance of early experiences for behavioral/emotional development.
The potentialsignificance of this anomaly with respect to zonal marriage patterns and household composition is enormous, but not realistically pursuable on the bases of the data now available.
As a life-long disorder, diabetes has the potentialsignificance to influence all aspects of life from health, well-being, life expectancy, through to lifestyle, relationships, work and income.
As a check of the potentialsignificance of other environmental externalities, a simple calculation of the potential returns from carbon fixation is employed alongside to qualitative assessment of other externalities.
Sunderland (1996) reviewed the potentialsignificance of secondary predation and scavenging.
The visit was valuable both in identifying matters of common interest and in highlighting developments of potentialsignificance for this country.
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However, monitoring will continue of all materials of potentialsignificance in terms of public health.
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That demonstrates its potentialsignificance to the industry.
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