Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Approximate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, a. [L. approximatus, p. p. of
approximare to approach; ad + proximare to come near. See
{Proximate}.]
1. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
as, approximate results or values.
{Approximate quantities} (Math.), those which are nearly, but
not, equal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Approximated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Approximating}.]
1. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
To approximate the inequality of riches to the level
of nature. --Burke.
2. To come near to; to approach.
The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Approximate \Ap*prox"i*mate\, v. i.
To draw; to approach.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
approximate
adj 1: not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10
o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn:
{approximative}, {rough}, {ballpark}]
2: very close in resemblance; "sketched in an approximate
likeness"; "a near likeness" [syn: {near}]
3: located close together; "with heads close together";
"approximate leaves grow together but are not united"
[syn: {close together(p)}]
v 1: be close or similar; "Her results approximate my own" [syn:
{come close}]
2: form an opinion about; judge tentatively; form an estimate
of, esp. quantities or time; "I estimate this chicken to
weigh at three pounds" [syn: {estimate}, {gauge}, {guess},
{judge}]
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