'approximation' definitions:
Definition of 'approximation'
(from WordNet)
noun
An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth; "an estimate of what it would cost"; "a rough idea how long it would take" [syn: estimate, estimation, approximation, idea]
noun
The quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)
noun
An imprecise or incomplete account; "newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events"
noun
The act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue [syn: approximation, bringing close together]
Synonyms of 'approximation'
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- access,
- accession,
- accord,
- accordance,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- advance,
- advent,
- affairs,
- affiliation,
- affinity,
- afflux,
- affluxion,
- agreement,
- alikeness,
- alliance,
- allowance,
- analogy,
- aping,
- appraisal,
- appraisement,
- approach,
- approaching,
- appropinquation,
- appulse,
- assemblage,
- assessment,
- assimilation,
- assize,
- assizement,
- association,
- bond,
- calculation,
- closeness,
- combination,
- coming,
- coming near,
- coming toward,
- community,
- comparability,
- comparison,
- computation,
- confines,
- conformity,
- connectedness,
- connection,
- contiguity,
- contrariety,
- convergence,
- copying,
- correction,
- correspondence,
- dealings,
- deduction,
- determination,
- deviation,
- differentiation,
- disjunction,
- division,
- environs,
- equation,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- evaluation,
- evolution,
- extrapolation,
- filiation,
- flowing toward,
- foreground,
- forthcoming,
- gauging,
- homology,
- identity,
- imitation,
- immediacy,
- immediate foreground,
- imminence,
- imprecision,
- inaccuracy,
- inaccurateness,
- incorrectness,
- inexactitude,
- inexactness,
- instrumentation,
- integration,
- intercourse,
- interpolation,
- intimacy,
- inversion,
- involution,
- junction,
- laxity,
- liaison,
- likeness,
- likening,
- link,
- linkage,
- linking,
- looseness,
- measure,
- measurement,
- measuring,
- mensuration,
- metaphor,
- metric system,
- mimicking,
- multiplication,
- mutual attraction,
- nearing,
- nearness,
- negligence,
- neighborhood,
- nighness,
- notation,
- oncoming,
- parallelism,
- parity,
- practice,
- precinct,
- predictable error,
- probable error,
- propinquity,
- proportion,
- proximation,
- proximity,
- purlieus,
- quantification,
- quantization,
- rapport,
- rating,
- reduction,
- relatedness,
- relation,
- relations,
- relationship,
- resemblance,
- sameness,
- semblance,
- similarity,
- simile,
- similitude,
- simulation,
- standard deviation,
- subtraction,
- survey,
- surveying,
- sympathy,
- telemetering,
- telemetry,
- tie,
- tie-in,
- tolerance,
- transformation,
- triangulation,
- uncorrectness,
- unfactualness,
- union,
- unpreciseness,
- unrigorousness,
- valuation,
- vicinage,
- vicinity