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approximate

1. adjective /əˈprɒk.sɪ.mət,ʌˈpɹɑks.ə.mɪt,əˈprɒk.sɪm.eɪt,ʌˈpɹɑks.ə.maɪt/

a) Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Approximate results or values.

b) Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

To help carry out its mission, NASAs Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.

2. verb /əˈprɒk.sɪ.mət,ʌˈpɹɑks.ə.mɪt,əˈprɒk.sɪm.eɪt,ʌˈpɹɑks.ə.maɪt/

a) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. Burke.

b) To come near to; to approach.

The telescope approximates perfection. J. Morse. <! material copied from Websters Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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