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Definition of Approximate |
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Approximate
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach. To come near to; to approach. To draw; to approach. Related Definitions: Accurate, Advance, Approach, Approaching, Approximate, As, Carry, Cause, Come, Correctness, Draw, Exact, Near, Nearly, Not, Or, Perfectly, Proximate, Resembling, To |
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Approximate Quotations
An approximate answer to the right problem is worth a good deal more than an exact answer to an approximate problem. John Tukey Far better an approximate answer to the right question, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise. John Tukey A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the user of the tool can only have an approximate idea. Milan Kundera In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate. Garrett Hardin Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. Christian Nestell Bovee |
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Approximate Translations
approximate in Dutch is benaderen approximate in Norwegian is omtrentlig approximate in Portuguese is aproxime approximate in Spanish is aproximado |
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