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approximation

Rough estimate of a given value. For example, for pi (which has a value of 3.1415926 correct to seven decimal places), 3 is an approximation to the nearest whole number.



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And without considering the multiplicity and complexity of the conditions any one of which taken separately may seem to be the cause, he snatches at the first approximation to a cause that seems to him intelligible and says: "This is the cause
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
In the daylight, indeed, she felt her terrors about his soul to have been somewhat exaggerated; whether well founded or not she had no uneasiness now, reasoning that if Providence would not ratify such an act of approximation she, for one, did not value the kind of heaven lost by the irregularity--either for herself or for her child.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
This is a nearer approximation than he has yet made to a complete definition, and, regarded as a piece of proverbial or popular morality, is not far from the truth.
Meno by Plato View in context
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