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Synonyms for approximation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-prok-suh-mey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : əˌprɒk səˈmeɪ ʃən

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Définition of approximation

Origin :
  • early 15c., "act of coming near or close," noun of action from approximate (v.). Meaning "result of approximating" is from 1650s.
  • noun closeness
  • noun estimate
Example sentences :
  • The approximation of sound in these names is sufficiently evident.
  • Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 67, February 8, 1851 » by Various
  • Even an approximation to it is rare, and absolute accuracy is still rarer.
  • Extract from : « A Book for All Readers » by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
  • "I thought so, too," she answered, with that simplicity ever attending our approximation to the truth.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • This, out here to the southwest, is what might be called an approximation to his trail.
  • Extract from : « Under Fire » by Charles King
  • The more perfect the approximation to truth, the more perfect is art.
  • Extract from : « Spontaneous Activity in Education » by Maria Montessori
  • This approximation, however, will serve all the purposes of this argument.
  • Extract from : « A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco » by Orin Fowler
  • You cannot have read them without some approximation to our Church.
  • Extract from : « The Story of My Life » by Egerton Ryerson
  • Exactly to describe it is impossible, but the following is an approximation.
  • Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik
  • It must be remembered that a phonetic system can only be an approximation.
  • Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) » by Augustus de Morgan
  • The only approximation to it is furnished by the fact, that he was thirty at the beginning of his reign.
  • Extract from : « The Life of David » by Alexander Maclaren

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