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Organism populations in conservation
An evolutionarily significant unit (ESU) is a population of organisms that is considered distinct for purposes of conservation. Delineating ESUs is important
Evolutionarily significant unit
Evolutionarily_significant_unit
Basic unit of taxonomic classification, below genus
(sets of chromosomes) and allozymes (enzyme variants). An evolutionarily significant unit (ESU) or "wildlife species" is a population of organisms considered
Species
Division of a taxonomic species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
Pacific salmon for listing under the Act, NMFS has relied on the evolutionarily significant unit (ESU) concept and previous developed a policy on the definition
Distinct_population_segment
currently 15 DPS for steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and 31 evolutionarily significant units (ESU) for five species of Pacific salmon Oncorhynchus. The
Steelhead and salmon distinct population segments
Steelhead_and_salmon_distinct_population_segments
Subspecies of elephant
Borneo elephants warrants their recognition as a separate evolutionarily significant unit. In general, Asian elephants are smaller than African elephants
Borneo_elephant
Species of bird
Retrieved 15 March 2022. Fleischer, Robert C. "Taxonomic and Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) Status of Western Yellow-billed Cuckoos (Coccyzus americanus)"
Yellow-billed_cuckoo
Arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia
genetic study suggests koalas exist as a cline within a single evolutionarily significant unit with limited gene flow between local populations. In 2016,
Koala
Species of fish
as the differences in morphology and ecology, making it an evolutionarily significant unit. Hybridization and introgression between North Sea houting
Coregonus_lavaretus
County in California, United States
California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit, " or CCC ESU, and are listed as "endangered" at both the state and federal level. Significant efforts to protect
Marin_County,_California
Species of fish
in a single tributary of the Ameca River, A. goslinei is an evolutionarily significant unit. Though this species was first discovered in 1987, pollution
Allotoca_goslinei
Species of barnacle
potentially justifying assignment of these populations as an evolutionarily significant unit and sister clade to C. stellatus. The vertical distribution
Chthamalus_stellatus
Census-designated place in California, United States
California. These Coho are part of the Central California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit (CCC ESU), and are listed as "endangered" at both the state
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, California
Lagunitas-Forest_Knolls,_California
Coastal region of California, United States
abundance estimates for the South-Central California Coast evolutionarily significant unit. Excludes estimates from CDFG (1965) presented in Table 17
Big_Sur
Topics referred to by the same term
species may refer to: A taxonomic species found in the wild Evolutionarily Significant Unit, a grouping used in conservation that may refer to species
Wildlife_species
Stream in California, United States
California. These coho are part of the "Central California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit," or CCC ESU, and are listed as "endangered" at both the state
Lagunitas_Creek
Species of butterfly
burchellanus is a rare species or, if it is a subspecies, an evolutionarily significant unit, of butterfly (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) that lives in a
Parides_burchellanus
This article is a list of biological species, subspecies, and evolutionary significant units that are known to have become extinct during the Holocene, the
Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene
Timeline_of_extinctions_in_the_Holocene
Endemic Bird Area - Endemism - Environmental stewardship - Evolutionarily Significant Unit - Extinction - Extinction event - Ex-situ conservation - Extinct
Index of conservation articles
Index_of_conservation_articles
Species of fish
Fisheries Service (NMFS) has identified seven populations, called Evolutionary Significant Units (ESUs), of coho salmon in Washington, Oregon and California
Coho_salmon
River in the United States
species of trout. Coho salmon in the watershed belong to an Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) that was listed by the National Marine Fisheries Service
Rogue_River_(Oregon)
Species of toothed whale
Vazquez Garcia-Vallejo, F (2002). "Molecular identification of evolutionarily significant units in the Amazon River dolphin Inia sp. (Cetacea: Iniidae)". Journal
Amazon_river_dolphin
Measure of divergence between populations
to deal with similar challenges in future. Evolutionary biologists have attempted to create evolutionary or phylogenetic trees encompassing as many organisms
Genetic_distance
Protected area in California, USA
population of Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon, an evolutionarily significant unit that is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act
Butte Creek Ecological Reserve
Butte_Creek_Ecological_Reserve
Species of plant
Hong-Xiang; Li, Hai-Yan; Li, Yu-Xiu (July 2018). "Identifying evolutionarily significant units for conservation of the endangered Malus sieversii using genome-wide
Malus_sieversii
River in Southern California
access to upstream spawning habitat. In 1997, the southern Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) of steelhead trout was added to the federal list of endangered
Malibu_Creek
River in California, United States
(link) A Petition to List the Southern California/Central Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) of Mountain Lions as Threatened under the California
Carneros Creek (Monterey County, California)
Carneros_Creek_(Monterey_County,_California)
Genus of fishes
previously recognized phenotypes. They recognized them as evolutionarily significant units and species. Their assigning of scientific names to species
Discus_(fish)
Species of deer
COSEWIC developed Designatable Unit (DU) attribution, an adaptation of "evolutionary significant units". The 12 designatable units for caribou in Canada (that
Reindeer
caribou ecotypes in Canada into 12 "designatable units" (DU), an adaptation of "evolutionarily significant units", for purposes of conservation and monitoring
Caribou herds and populations in Canada
Caribou_herds_and_populations_in_Canada
Any event causing instability and danger
species is usually a taxonomic species, but may be another evolutionary significant unit. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has classified 38 percent
Crisis
Group of fishes
the sympatric morphs in each lake should be considered ESUs, evolutionarily significant units. This taxonomic view is not widely accepted however, which
Cisco_(fish)
(Gila trout) (threatened) Oncorhynchus keta (chum salmon) Two evolutionary significant units (ESU) of chum have been listed as threatened. These are the
List of endangered animals of North America
List_of_endangered_animals_of_North_America
Family of bats
Betacoronavirus-b group), the treatment allows the identification of Evolutionary Significant Units within the hipposiderid, rhinolophid and the rhinonycterid lineages
Rhinonycteridae
Subfield of genealogy
analyses have also played an important role in defining evolutionary significant units (ESU), a unit of conservation below the species level that is often
Phylogeography
Species of fish
British Columbia, they are considered secure. No pink salmon Evolutionary Significant Units are listed under the Endangered Species Act. As of 2025, the
Pink_salmon
Fresh-water species of fish
of Protected Resources. Retrieved 2013-11-28. "Appendix D Evolutionarily Significant Units, Critical Habitat, and Essential Fish Habitat" (PDF). California
Rainbow_trout
Species of monkey
species, and it has thus been proposed they be treated as evolutionarily significant units. The white-headed langur is blackish in color with white crown
White-headed_langur
Topics referred to by the same term
Electrostatic units, a system of units Electrostatic unit, or statcoulomb, its unit of charge Evolutionarily significant unit Electrosurgical unit, used in
Esu
Genus of marsupials
supports a proposal for the population be recognised as a single evolutionary significant unit for conservation purposes. Goldfuss, G.A. 1817. In Schreber
Phascolarctos
Species of rodent found in central Laos
Nicolas et al. found 8 major geographical clades and 8 to 16 evolutionary significant units among Laotian rock rat populations in Laos, and suggested that
Laotian_rock_rat
and the Biological Species Concept. It was identified as an Evolutionary Significant Unit that warranted assignment onto the IUCN Red List for its protection
Subspecies_of_Canis_lupus
Subspecies of butterfly
prompting ongoing discussions regarding its classification as an Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). As a result of these genetic research findings, there
Apodemia_mormo_langei
River in western Ventura County in southern California, United States
1997). "Endangered and Threatened Species: Listing of Several Evolutionary Significant Units (ESUs) of West Coast Steelhead" (PDF). Federal Register. Retrieved
Ventura_River
River in California, United States
Redwood Creek salmon are Central California Coast coho salmon evolutionarily significant unit (ESU) which have been listed as federally threatened species
Redwood_Creek_(Marin_County)
Subspecies of fish
Timothy; Mathewson, Heather A.; Perkins, Ray (March 2010). "The Evolutionarily Significant Unit Concept and the Role of Translocated Populations in Preserving
Whitehorse Basin cutthroat trout
Whitehorse_Basin_cutthroat_trout
River in California, United States
California. These coho are part of the "Central California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit," or CCC ESU, and are listed as "endangered" at both the state
San_Geronimo_Creek
River in California, United States
in the Southern Oregon - Northern California Coast (SONCC) Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) are federally listed as threatened and are also listed
Boise_Creek
Species of fish
distinct species status. Nevertheless, its protection as an Evolutionary Significant Unit is justified regardless of the taxonomic status. Ford, M. (2024)
Salmo_peristericus
Subdiscipline of ecology
differentiated from other populations. Evolutionarily significant units (ESU): Evolutionarily significant units are populations that show enough genetic
Molecular_ecology
Species of beaver
mitochondrial DNA of Eurasian beaver samples showed that only two evolutionarily significant units exist: a western phylogroup in Western and Central Europe,
Eurasian_beaver
River in California, United States
the federally threatened steelhead Central California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit spurred a major effort to restore this historically important
Alameda_Creek
Family of amphibians
should actually be divided into multiple different lineages or evolutionarily significant units, and possibly even distinct species. Frost, Darrel R. (2022)
Sooglossidae
United States National Monument in California
population segment. Coho salmon are listed as endangered in their evolutionary significant unit (2011). The creek is near the southernmost limit of coho habitat
Muir_Woods_National_Monument
Subspecies of mammal
and the Biological Species Concept. It was identified as an evolutionary significant unit that warranted assignment onto the IUCN Red List for its protection
Himalayan_wolf
Change in the heritable traits of populations
with literal interpretations of many religious texts, evolutionary biology experiences significantly more opposition from religious literalists. The teaching
Evolution
River in California, United States
of the southern range of the Central California Coast Coho Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU), the creek is considered an attractive site for re-stocking
San_Gregorio_Creek
Practice of protecting wild plant and animal species and their habitats
approaches, such as multicriteria species approaches, subspecies, evolutionarily significant units, distinct population segments or species-population continuum
Wildlife_conservation
Species of amphibian
and the different geographic lineages, which may represent evolutionary significant units, have not been evaluated separately. The most comprehensive
Alpine_newt
Branch of philosophy of science
transmission of creative (new, useful, and surprising) units of culture, in all domains in culture. Evolutionary political philosophy applies the principles of
Philosophy_of_evolution
Species of large sea reptile
February 23, 2007. Karl, Stephen H.; Brian W. Bowen (1999). "Evolutionary Significant Units versus Geopolitical Taxonomy: Molecular Systematics of an Endangered
Green_sea_turtle
River in Washington, United States
population of hatchery and wild fish. The Puget Sound chinook salmon evolutionary significant unit (2005), the Puget Sound steelhead distinct population segment
White_River_(Puyallup_River)
Reservoir in Butte County, California, U.S.
recognized in California, classified into six major groups or evolutionarily significant units. Currently, these are a Species of Concern under the Federal
Lake_Oroville
Species of bird native to Asia
higher risk of extinction are, for conservation considered evolutionary significant units regardless of their systematic status. This case also demonstrates
Changeable_hawk-eagle
Stream in California and former route of [[El Camino Viejo]]
Game Commission designated Southern California/Central Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) puma (Puma concolor) as a candidate species under the
Corral_Hollow_Creek
Branch of psychology
civilization nor an arbitrary social invention. Sociopathy may represent an evolutionarily stable strategy, by which a small number of people who cheat on social
Evolutionary_psychology
US nonprofit environmental organization
salmon left in California. Coho in the Central California Evolutionarily Significant Unit (CCCESU) are a Federal and State listed Endangered Species
SPAWN
Species of snake
Claudine (2018). "Conservation Below the Species Level: Suitable Evolutionarily Significant Units among Mountain Vipers (The Montivipera raddei complex) in Iran"
Montivipera_kuhrangica
Mutualism in biological conservation
conserving particular species can be done through the use of evolutionary significant units, which essentially attempt to prioritise the conservation of
Mutualisms_and_conservation
Reindeer distribution around the world
useful for conservation and research, Designatable units, an adaptation of "evolutionary significant units", are not phylogenetically based and cannot substitute
Reindeer_distribution
Species of lizard
lineages as their habitats differ and can be considered two evolutionary significant units (ESUs). In the case of O. cincta, this species encompasses both
Oedura_cincta
Species of fish
signatures of translocations and habitat fragmentation for two evolutionarily significant units of a protected fish species". Environmental Biology of Fishes
White_Sands_pupfish
River in Oregon, United States
salmon populations are within the Lower Columbia River Coho Evolutionary Significant Unit (ESU) and listed as threatened (2011). Chinook salmon populations
Crystal_Springs_Creek
Application of game theory to evolving populations in biology
the equations are evolutionarily stable states. A strategy which can survive all "mutant" strategies is considered evolutionarily stable. In the context
Evolutionary_game_theory
Proposed United States legislation
(threatened), sockeye salmon (endangered only in Snake River Evolutionary Significant Unit, secure elsewhere), and Canadian lynx (threatened only in lower
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act
Northern_Rockies_Ecosystem_Protection_Act
Subspecies of butterfly
DNA (mtDNA) and nuclear markers with a goal of identifying evolutionarily significant units (ESUs). There wasn't consensus among mitochondrial and nuclear
Speyeria_zerene_hippolyta
Water-management project in the U.S. states of California and Oregon
Coho salmon are within the Southern Oregon/Northern California Evolutionary Significant Unit and are listed as threatened (2011). The 2010 Klamath Basin
Klamath_Project
Species of amphibian
Griffiths, Richard A.; Labisko, Jim (2019). "Endemic, endangered and evolutionarily significant: cryptic lineages in Seychelles' frogs (Anura: Sooglossidae)"
Seychelles_frog
Genus of turtles
three evolutionary significant units, corresponding to the Sarstun, Salinas, and Papaloapan populations, and something called a 'management unit' for the
Hickatee
Species of amphibian
has thus been proposed that both populations be considered evolutionary significant units for conservation purposes. This frog, the rarest in Seychelles
Thomasset's_Seychelles_frog
River in Oregon, USA
The Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Coho Salmon Evolutionary Significant Unit is listed as threatened (2011). Coho salmon are known to spawn
Little_Butte_Creek
Stream in Mendocino County, California
salmon in streams of the central California coast coho salmon evolutionarily significant unit (PDF), NOAA, p. 45 Hare Creek Trail, Mendocino Land Trust,
Hare_Creek_(California)
production patterns, ploidy, and population genetics reveal evolutionary significant units in hybrid water frogs (Pelophylax esculentus)". Ecology and
Hybridogenesis_in_water_frogs
(1997-08-18). "Endangered and Threatened Species: Listing of Several Evolutionary Significant Units (ESUs) of West Coast Steelhead" (PDF). Federal Register. Retrieved
Southern California Steelhead DPS
Southern_California_Steelhead_DPS
Genus of crabs
"Differentiation within a river system: Ecology or geography driven? Evolutionary significant units and new species in Jamaican freshwater crabs". Advances in Freshwater
Sesarma
Species of crustacean
biogeographic disjunction in southeastern Africa separates two Evolutionarily Significant Units of an estuarine prawn". Marine Biology. 156 (6): 1265–1275
Kraussillichirus_kraussi
Species of amphibian
Griffiths, Richard A.; Labisko, Jim (2019). "Endemic, endangered and evolutionarily significant: cryptic lineages in Seychelles' frogs (Anura: Sooglossidae)"
Gardiner's_Seychelles_frog
Ranch in California, United States
a habitat for both the endangered Central California Coast evolutionary significant unit of coho salmon and the threatened Central California Coast distinct
Swanton_Pacific_Ranch
Specialized electronic circuit that accelerates graphics
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed for digital image processing and to accelerate computer graphics, being present
Graphics_processing_unit
American multi-party legal agreement
coho salmon are within the Southern Oregon/Northern California Evolutionary Significant Unit and are listed as threatened (2011). That summer, a symbolic
Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement
Klamath_Basin_Restoration_Agreement
Species of frog
Felipe Sá Fortes; Santos, Fabrício Rodrigues (2017-09-20). "Evolutionarily significant units of the critically endangered leaf frog Pithecopus ayeaye (Anura
Pithecopus_ayeaye
Stream in California, US
are federally endangered Central California Coast coho salmon evolutionary significant unit ESU, and steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) which are federally
Olema_Creek
Creek in Santa Cruz County, California
the federally endangered Central California Coast coho salmon evolutionary significant unit (ESU). A concrete dam was built across the mouth of Aptos Creek
Aptos_Creek
Critically endangered freshwater mussel endemic to the eastern United States
ongoing taxonomic refinement is significant for conservation, as unrecognized distinct evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) within C. stegaria or the
Fanshell
River in Oregon, United States
salmon populations are within the Lower Columbia River Coho Evolutionary Significant Unit and are listed as threatened (2011). Populations have declined
Fifteenmile Creek (Columbia River tributary)
Fifteenmile_Creek_(Columbia_River_tributary)
Creek in Oregon, USA
are listed as threatened as part of the Lower Columbia River Evolutionary Significant Unit (2011). Before the area became urban, large mammals including
Johnson Creek (Willamette River tributary)
Johnson_Creek_(Willamette_River_tributary)
River in California, United States
District. April 2006. Retrieved 2016-10-11. "Recovery Plan for the Evolutionary Significant Units of Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon and Central Valley
Thomes_Creek
Species of frog
have indicated that the lineages should be considered separate evolutionary significant units (ESUs). While current data on genetic and morphological features
Booroolong_frog
Genus of birds
explicitly subdivide species under the genus can help to identify evolutionarily significant units and support more targeted conservation measures, and Braun
Myrmelastes
Species of bird
populations as distinct Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs), indicating genetic divergence and independent evolutionary histories despite their classification
Mascarene_paradise_flycatcher
Species of ray-finned fish
Creating and destroying species: the 'new' biodiversity and evolutionarily significant units among New Zealand's galaxiid fishes N. Ling1,*, D. M. Gleeson2
Dwarf_inanga
EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT-UNIT
EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT-UNIT
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Cost; Value; Significance
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, UNITY means "oneness, unity."
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Celebrity, German, Indian, Muslim, Sindhi
Observer; Supervisor; Little; Insignificant; Warner; Similar; Comparable; Another Name for the Quran; One who Preaches
Surname or Lastname
English
English : evidently from Old English blÅd ‘blood’, but with what significance is not clear. In Middle English the word was in use as a metonymic occupational term for a physician, i.e. one who lets blood, and also as an affectionate term of address for a blood relative.Welsh : Anglicized form of Welsh ap Llwyd ‘son of Llwyd’ (see Lloyd).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. It is first attested in Norwich in 1259 as Ringerose, and later forms show no significant variantion. Unless it had already been drastically altered by folk etymology at that early date, it is probably from Middle English ring ‘ring’ + rose ‘rose’, but if so the original meaning is far from clear.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada
A Significant Particle
Surname or Lastname
English (Surrey and Sussex)
English (Surrey and Sussex) : nickname for a poor or insignificant man, from the name of a very small medieval coin, Middle English, Old French denier (Latin denarius, a derivative of decem ‘ten’, since the Roman coin was worth ten asses).In some cases possibly a respelling of the French cognate Denier.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places called Ashurst, from Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ + hyrst ‘wooded hill’. The most significant of these places are in Kent and West Sussex, but in England the surname is now found chiefly in south Lancashire, where it probably derives from Ashurst Beacon near Wigan.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Berkshire named Wadley, from Old English wÄd ‘woad’ or the personal name Wada + lÄ“ah ‘woodland clearing’. Wadley in Northumberland, which has the same derivation, appears not to have contributed significantly to the modern surname.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old English grēne ‘green’ + lēaf ‘leaf’, presumably applied as a nickname, the significance of which is now lost.Jewish (American) : English translation of the Ashkenazic ornamental surname Grünblatt, a compound of German grün + Blatt ‘leaf’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vijayarathna | விஜயாரதநா
Significant among victorious
Vijayarathna | விஜயாரதநா
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Pole. It is not clear why there is a significant subset of Italian forenames with this surname.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lincolnshire)
English (Lincolnshire) : habitational name from Cumberworth in Lincolnshire, named from an Old English personal name Cumbre + worth ‘enclosure’. There is also a Lower and an Upper Cumberworth in West Yorkshire but these appear not to have contributed significantly to the modern surname, which is concentrated in Lincolnshire.
Boy/Male
Tamil
A significant particle
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Significant Among Victorious
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : topographic name for someone who lived near a significant outcrop of flint, Old English, Low German flint, or a nickname for a hard-hearted or physically tough individual.Welsh : habitational name from Flint in Clwyd, which gave its name to the old county of Flintshire.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Flinte ‘shotgun’.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire)
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire) : habitational name from Windhill in West Yorkshire or Windle in Lancashire, both named from Old English wind ‘wind’ + hyll ‘hill’, i.e. a mound exposed to fierce gusts. There is a Windhill in Kent (with the same etymology), but this does not appear to have contributed significantly to the modern surname.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle English, Middle High German, Yiddish finger (modern German Finger), probably applied as a nickname for a man who had some peculiarity of the fingers, such as possessing a supernumerary one or having lost one or more of them through injury, or for someone who was small in stature or considered insignificant. As a Jewish name, it can also be an ornamental name.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a small or insignificant person, from Middle English sprat ‘sprat’ (of uncertain origin).
Surname or Lastname
English (Essex and Cambridgeshire)
English (Essex and Cambridgeshire) : probably a habitational name from a place in Kent named Birling, from an Old English personal name Bǣrla + the suffix -ingas denoting ‘family or followers’. There is also a Birling (of the same derivation) in Northumberland, but this appears not to have contributed significantly to the modern surname.
EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT-UNIT
EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT-UNIT
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Kizzie, KIZZY means "cassia," a bark similar to cinnamon.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Victorious
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Lamp of the Religion Islam
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of Hebrew Abiyshalowm, AXEL means "father of peace."Â
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, Swedish, Teutonic
Strong Advisor; Hard; Strong; Powerful; Strong Battle
Boy/Male
Tamil
The Man who carries Sashi the Moon) - other name of Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Tamil
Srinivasa | à®·à¯à®°à¯€Â நீவாஸா Â
Lord Venkateshwara, Residence of Goddess of wealth, Abode of wealth
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian
Heaven Gates; Pure Water
Boy/Male
Tamil
Female
Chinese
simple sounding.
EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT-UNIT
EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT-UNIT
EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT-UNIT
EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT-UNIT
EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT-UNIT
n.
The quality or state of being significant.
a. .
Significant of fate; ominous.
n.
The condition or quality of being insignificant; want of significance, sense, or meaning; as, the insignificance of words or phrases.
a.
Deserving to be considered; important; momentous; as, a significant event.
a.
Petty; insignificant.
n.
A word; a significant tone
a.
Conveying a hint; significant.
n.
Alt. of Significancy
a.
Insignificant.
a.
Without weight of character or social standing; mean; contemptible; as, an insignificant person.
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.
adv.
In a significant manner.
a.
Insignificant; contemptible.
a.
Not expressing meaning; not significant.
n.
That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol.
a.
Significant.
a.
Relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions.
n.
Sense; meaning; significance.
a.
Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.
n.
That which is signified; meaning; import; as, the significance of a nod, of a motion of the hand, or of a word or expression.