Antonyms for approximation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : uh-prok-suh-mey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˌprɒk səˈmeɪ ʃən |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for approximation
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