relative importance

The two old views of the “Elephant and Castle” reproduced here, show the relative importance of the place at different periods.

That high-pressure engines owed their advantages mainly to a reduction of the relative importance of this latent heat.

As a matter of fact, Virginia is a leader in the South in the relative importance of livestock and livestock products.

The areas over which the three systems were applied completely shifted in relative importance.

It would weigh with a scrupulous hand the relative importance of events.