ETYM Cf. French représentatif.
1. Being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives.
2. Serving to represent or typify.
3. Standing for something else.
ETYM Latin significans, -antis, p. pr. of significare. Related to Signify.
1. Important in effect or meaning; SYN. important.
2. Fairly large; SYN. substantial.
3. (Statistics) Too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation.
In an identifiably distinctive manner.