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RELEVANT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
Example:
the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research
Classified under:
Similar:
applicable (capable of being applied; having relevance)
germane (relevant and appropriate)
pertinent (having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand)
Antonym:
irrelevant (having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue)
Derivation:
relevance; relevancy (the relation of something to the matter at hand)
Context examples:
Terminology relevant to the standardized results, in character format, for laboratory tests.
(CDISC SDTM Laboratory Test Standard Character Result Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Data, facts or figures about an individual; the set of relevant items would depend on the use case.
(Personal Information, NCI Thesaurus)
In some cases, the pattern or profile of change is the relevant biomarker, rather than changes in individual markers.
(Pharmacogenomic Test, Food and Drug Administration)
Discussion: Places may be work facilities (where relevant acts occur), homes (where people live) or offices (where people work).
(Place, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
Specifies whether something is not relevant in the current context.
(Not Applicable Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)
Determination of a value is not relevant in the current context.
(Not Applicable, NCI Thesaurus)
Terminology relevant to the test codes that describe the measurement of a tumor.
(CDISC SDTM Oncology Tumor Properties Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Terminology relevant to the test codes that describe the physical characteristics of an entity.
(CDISC SDTM Physical Properties Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Proposed mechanism for providing resources for "mechanisms" researchers to provide evidence that a proposed new cancer relevant molecule is a good target for drug discovery.
(Molecular Target Discovery Grants, NCI Thesaurus)
It is not yet clear how RF-EMF could potentially affect brain processes or how relevant the findings are in the long-term.
(Cell Phone Radiation Harmful for Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
