Definition of Approximates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of approximate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Approximates

1. approximate [v] - See also: approximate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Approximates

approvers
approves
approving
approvingly
approx
approx.
approximability
approximable
approximal
approximant
approximants
approximate
approximate range
approximated
approximately
approximates
approximating
approximation
approximation algorithm
approximation suture
approximations
approximative
approximatively
approximativeness
approximator
approximators
apps
appt
appt.
appts

Literary usage of Approximates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"... attributed in veiled language, in a subsequently at- 2 _ tached appendix, to the Apostle John treatment of material, generally approximates more nearly ..."

2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"the base, which approximates them to the last small tribe of Flycatchers. They are lively birds, tolerably high on the legs. The species of this country ..."

3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1857)
"05 we ehall have such a currency, or one that approximates to it, is quite uncertain ; for the first step towards it would involve the complete destruction ..."

4. The Electrical Review (1878)
"THE TELEGRAPHIC JOURNAL. arrangement approximates sufficiently to the condition of induction between the lines when properly adjusted, which is done in ..."

5. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1852)
"entire action very closely approximates to that of a screw applied to surface propulsion. The invention is highly recommended by competent authorities, ..."

6. Philadelphia and Its Manufactures: A Hand-book Exhibiting the Development by Edwin Troxell Freedley (1859)
"... The capital invested approximates $600000, as extensive buildings and expensive fixtures are required ; and nearly four hundred persons are furnished ..."

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