(a.) Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequent.
(a.) Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4.
Example Sentences:
(1) Our work is based on the hypothesis, that a perceivable change in BAMA and in how the patients relate to their wanting a child, represents the solution of the problem, which facilitates the consequential events of either pregnancy or acceptance of childlessness or else adoption.
(2) But beware, if you choose to travel from a different departure point or to a different destination than your original booking, the airline will not cover any expenses for travel between these or any other consequential expenses such as car hire or parking.
(3) But will any of these familiar pictures in the news or the stories they illustrate prove as consequential as this abstract, colourful and ethereal picture of the tracks of tiny particles called neutrinos ?
(4) We attempt here to evaluate the consequential effects on the CRF neurons functioning.
(5) There is not a single pound included for consequential growth.
(6) He warned that Paris was a crucial stage for global negotiations on a new climate agreement: “With as much teed up as is teed up now, if the thing really were to not get over the finish line, I think that would be a consequential thing for the UN.
(7) There is no doubt that, with time, the renminbi will acquire a more consequential international role.
(8) The Financial Services Authority said NatWest would be responsible for any charges customers were liable for, or interest they need to pay as a result of the bank's error, but would not be responsible for consequential losses, which could include missing out on a holiday or losing a home.
(9) Yet neither factor registered as even slightly consequential initial objections to a fresh new expressway – and one eligible for 90% federal funding as part of the Interstate Highway system.
(10) This article asserts that that struggle between two forms of centralized control was both less promising and less consequential than the devolution of decision-making authority upon consumers and their agents that is occurring today and that seems likely to continue as competitive forces become stronger and opportunities for meaningful consumer choice increases.
(11) Her outrage is entirely justified: in reversing his promise not to cut tax credits before the election, the prime minister has performed a U-turn far more consequential than any executed by Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party.
(12) The resource requirements would be raised by the widespread introduction of a non-standard screen (other than for the standard 6 to 9 month screen and the school-entry screen) by about 40% for community services and 15% for consequential increases in hospital services.
(13) It is shown that the recruitment order of units in a series of reflexes (1) is unstable if the subject does not expect the stimulus; (2) is stable and identical with that in tonic activity if the subject subliminally facilitates the motoneurone pool before the reflex activation; (3) is stable and almost identical with that in tonic activity if the subject expects the stimulus and therefore involuntarily influences the motoneurone pool; (4) is stable and similar to that in phasic voluntary activity if the subject inhibits the motoneurone pool before the activation and the stimulus strength thus consequentially is increased; and (5) is influenced by blockade of the proprioceptive afferent impulses from the muscle.
(14) Also, oxidized LDL is cytotoxic as discussed above and this could play a crucial role in the transition from the fatty streak lesion to the clinically more consequential fibrous plaque and complicated lesion.
(15) Racial differences exist in the effects of health insurance coverage and household income on household medical visit expenditures, and both need and household size are found to be consequential determinants of demand.
(16) LH pulse frequency was reduced by 56% and pulse amplitude by 54%, with a consequential decrease of 72% in mean LH levels 8 days after i.v.
(17) For all these reasons, the cost evaluation must take into account the sanitary sector, keeping in mind the difficulty to appraise the consequential effects on climate and fauna.
(18) A distinction is made between cases where the gamble with death is merely consequential (i.e., arising from ignorance, apathy, indifference) and cases where it is the very essence of the act.
(19) There was a significant decrease in thoracic gas volume as an estimate of pulmonary hyperinflation, which was due to improved alveolar ventilation and to a consequential decrease in end-expiratory resting level.
(20) So far, they are probably less economically consequential than the hype allows, but as BlaBlaCar shows, zero-marginal-cost ideas can grow exponentially very quickly.
Significant
Definition:
(a.) Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive; as, a significant word or sound; a significant look.
(a.) Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event.
(n.) That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
Example Sentences:
(1) Once treatment began, no significant changes occurred in Group 1, but both PRA and A2 rose significantly in Groups 2 and 3.
(2) However, patients with GGBHS were significantly older (P less than .05).
(3) In each sheep there was a significant negative correlation between the glucose and corticosteroid concentrations in both maternal and fetal plasma, and there were positive correlations between the maternal and fetal plasma concentrations of glucose, and between the glucose and fructose concentrations of fetal plasma.
(4) Such a decrease significantly biased survival (p = 0.001).
(5) This may have significant consequences for people’s health.” However, Prof Peter Weissberg, medical director of the British Heart Foundation, which funded the work, said medical journals could no longer be relied on to be unbiased.
(6) It is supposed that delta-sleep peptide along with other oligopeptides is one of the factors determining individual animal resistance to emotional stress, which is supported by significant delta-sleep peptide increase in hypothalamus in stable rats.
(7) However, when first trimester specimens were analyzed, the direct-product measurements were significantly larger than the corresponding 3H2O assay results.
(8) The Na+ ionophore, gramicidin, had a small but significant inhibitory effect on Na(+)-dependent KG uptake, demonstrating that KG uptake was not the result of an intravesicular positive Na+ diffusion potential.
(9) Propranolol resulted in a significantly lower mean hourly, mean 24 h and minimum heart rate.
(10) In some other countries the patient-to-nurse ratio was significantly smaller.
(11) The findings indicate that there is still a significant incongruence between the value structure of most family practice units and that of their institutions but that many family practice units are beginning to achieve parity of promotion and tenure with other departments in their institutions.
(12) The significance of minor increases in the serum creatinine level must be recognized, so that modifications of drug therapy can be made and correction of possibly life-threatening electrolyte imbalances can be undertaken.
(13) The process of sequence rearrangement appears to be a significant part of the evolution of the genome and may have a much greater effect on the evolution of the phenotype than sequence alteration by base substitution.
(14) The low affinity of several N1-alkylpyrroleethylamines suggests that the benzene portion of the alpha-methyltryptamines is necessary for significant affinity.
(15) During control, no significant difference between systolic fluctuation (delta Pa) and pleural swings (delta Ppl) was found.
(16) Urinary ANF immunoreactivity was significantly enhanced by candoxatril in both groups (P less than 0.05 and P less than 0.01 in groups 1 and 2, respectively), with a more pronounced effect evident at the higher dose (P less than 0.01).
(17) Both lymph flow from cannulated pancreatico-duodenal lymphatics and intralymphatic pressure in the non-transected ones increased significantly.
(18) We conclude that the priming effect is not a clinically significant phenomenon during natural pollen exposure in allergic rhinitis patients.
(19) This study examined the [3H]5-HT-releasing properties of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and related agents, all of which cause significant release of [3H]5-HT from rat brain synaptosomes.
(20) However, the degree of sedation caused by diphenhydramine was significantly greater than that caused by cimetidine (P = .0001).