1.
[syn: relevance, relevancy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Relevance \Rel"e*vance\ (r?l"?*vans), Relevancy \Rel"e*van*cy\
(-van*s?), n.
1. The quality or state of being relevant; pertinency;
applicability.
[1913 Webster]
Its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore.
--Poe.
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2. (Scots Law) Sufficiency to infer the conclusion.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
relevancy
n 1: the relation of something to the matter at hand [syn:
relevance, relevancy] [ant: irrelevance,
irrelevancy]