Hypertext Webster Gateway: "approximating"
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.
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