Ap*prox"i*mate , v. i. To draw; to approach.
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.
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.
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