Approximation
[ə,prɒksɪ'meɪʃn] or [ə'prɑksə'meʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue.
(noun.) the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity).
(noun.) an imprecise or incomplete account; 'newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events'.
Checked by Giselle--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.
(n.) An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.
(n.) A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation.
(n.) A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.
Typed by Bush
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Approach.
Checker: Reginald
Examples
- The approximation will be enough. Plato. The Republic.
- And she knew it was all no good, and that she would never go beyond him, he was the final approximation of life to her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- By the sheer force of circumstances we have twisted constitutions and laws to some approximation of our needs. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Arabs also made fair approximations to the correct specific weights of gold, copper, mercur y, and lead. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Checker: Wilmer