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Definition of Approximates
1. approximate [v] - See also: approximate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Approximates
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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