Definition of Approximations

1. Noun. (plural of approximation) ¹

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Definition of Approximations

1. approximation [n] - See also: approximation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Approximations

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approximability
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approximate range
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approximately
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appulses

Literary usage of Approximations

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

1. A Course in Mathematical Analysis by Édouard Goursat, Earle Raymond Hedrick (1917)
"Successive approximations. The method of successive approximations has been applied with success by E. Picard to ordinary differential equations and to a ..."

2. Selected Proceedings of the Sheffield Symposium on Applied Probability by Ishwar V. Basawa, Robert L Taylor (1991)
"A LOOK AT PERTURBATION Approximations FOR EPIDEMICS HE Daniels University of Cambridge Abstract Perturbation-type approximations have been derived by many ..."

3. The Advanced Part of A Treatise on the Dynamics of a System of Rigid Bodies by Edward John Routh (1884)
"Second approximations. 355. When we try to find the oscillations of a dynamical system we generally proceed by continued approximations. ..."

4. Crossing Boundaries: Statistical Essays in Honor of Jack Hall by William Jackson Hall, John Edward Kolassa, David Oakes (2003)
"These approximations are compared numerically to those based on the ... We consider approximations for the distribution of the two-sample Wilcoxon statistic ..."

5. The Calculus by Ellery Williams Davis, William Charles Brenke, Earle Raymond Hedrick (1912)
"Jj. Any of these curves, on a proper scale, give good approximations to the probable ... K. Polynomial Approximations. FIG. Figure KI shows the first Taylor ..."

6. An Introduction to Celestial Mechanics by Forest Ray Moulton (1914)
"The Approximations in the Determination of the Values of X, /i, v and their Derivatives. In the applications it is important to know the character of the ..."

7. Probability, Statistics, and Their Applications: Papers in Honor of Rabi by Krishna B. Athreya, Rabindra Nath Bhattacharya (2003)
"One class of such problems involves developing bootstrap approximations to the ... 1 Introduction 1.1 Smoothing in distribution approximations Rabi ..."

8. Recent Developments in Multiple Comparison Procedures by Yoav Benjamini, Frank Bretz, Sanat K. Sarkar (2004)
"We consider approximations based on approximations to the correlation matrix ... These facts motivate us to look at and compare different approximations to ..."

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