Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act, process or result of approximating, as

  2. The act, process or result of approximating, as:

    (countable, uncountable)An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.

    Approximation

    приближе́ниеpribližénije, аппроксима́цияapproksimácija

  3. (countable, uncountable)The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.

    the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue

  4. (countable, uncountable)The act of producing a near-simulation of the pronunciation of a foreign language for a loanword therefrom, or any given pronunciation resulting from that act.

    For some loanwords borrowed from French into English, the standard English pronunciation is an approximation of the French, as with denoument.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Purity is at best an approximation.

    deReinheit ist bestenfalls nur angenähert erreichbar.

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  2. I came to the result by approximations.

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  3. It's not the exact value, but rather an approximation.

    deDas ist nicht der exakte Wert, sondern nur eine Annäherung.

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  4. The value is only an approximation of the actual function value.

    deDer Wert ist nur eine Annäherung an den echten Funktionswert.

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  5. It's only an approximation.

    ruЭто только приближение.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
act of approximating:
imprecise solution:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act of approximating:
imprecise solution:

Forms

plural: approximations
Singularapproximation
Pluralapproximations

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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