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significant difference

A feature that is structurally divergent between items or groups of items, is outside the observed range of variation of at least one of them, and that cannot be reasonably explained.

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ASB Technical Report 071 Forensic Document Examination: Terms and Definitions. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 2025. Source link
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