Approximation

Noun

 * 1) The act, process or result of approximating.
 * 2)  An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.
 * 3)  The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.

Adjectives for Approximation
progressive;well-bred;definite;close; clear.

Synonyms for Approximation
approach, likeness, nearness, propinquity, similarity, neighborhood, resemblance, contiguity.

Antonyms for Approximation
remoteness, variation, distance, difference.

Thesaurus
access; accession; accord; accordance; addition; adjunct; advance; advent; affairs; affiliation; affinity; afflux; affluxion; agreement; alikeness; alliance; allowance; analogy; aping; appraisal; appraisement; approach; approaching; appropinquation; appulse; assemblage; assessment; assimilation; assize; assizement; association; bond; calculation; closeness; combination; coming; coming near; coming toward; community; comparability; comparison; computation; confines; conformity; connectedness; connection; contiguity; contrariety; convergence; copying; correction; correspondence; dealings; deduction; determination; deviation; differentiation; disjunction; division; environs; equation; estimate; estimation; evaluation; evolution; extrapolation; filiation; flowing toward; foreground; forthcoming; gauging; homology; identity; imitation; immediacy; immediate foreground; imminence; imprecision; inaccuracy; inaccurateness; incorrectness; inexactitude; inexactness; instrumentation; integration; intercourse; interpolation; intimacy; inversion; involution; junction; laxity; liaison; likeness; likening; link; linkage; linking; looseness; measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration; metaphor; metric system; mimicking; multiplication; mutual attraction; nearing; nearness; negligence; neighborhood; nighness; notation; oncoming; parallelism; parity; practice; precinct; predictable error; probable error; propinquity; proportion; proximation; proximity; purlieus; quantification; quantization; rapport; rating; reduction; relatedness; relation; relations; relationship; resemblance; sameness; semblance; similarity; simile; similitude; simulation; standard deviation; subtraction; survey; surveying; sympathy; telemetering; telemetry; tie; tie-in; tolerance; transformation; triangulation; uncorrectness; unfactualness; union; unpreciseness; unrigorousness; valuation; vicinage; vicinity

Derived terms

 * approximation problem
 * approximation property
 * approximation theory

Translations

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 * Finnish:, approksimointi,


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 * Greek: εκτίμηση
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 * Spanish: aproximación

Noun

 * 1) approximation; an imprecise solution.