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Definition of Approximating
1. approximate [v] - See also: approximate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Approximating
Literary usage of Approximating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Little Heath (1921)
"It should here be added that there is interesting evidence of the Greek methods
of approximating to square roots in two documents published by Heiberg in ..."
2. An Elementary Treatise on the Calculus: With Illustrations from Geometry by George Alexander Gibson (1901)
"Newton's Method of approximating to the Boots of an Equation. Throughout the
chapter we consider real roots alone, and we suppose that f(x) and its first ..."
3. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"With approximating transverse lines to forewings=ab. ferruginea-approxi- mata, n.
ab. 2. With normal transverse lines to forewings^ab. ferruginea, n. ab. 4. ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1873)
"Now this plainly agrees with Dr. Button's elegant formula (D), given further on,
for approximating to N" when и = 2. But we can approximate to N* still more ..."
5. The Journal of Biological Chemistry by American Society of Biological Chemists (1917)
"METHODS FOR approximating THE RELATIVE TOXICITY OF COTTONSEED PRODUCTS. By FRANK E.
CARRUTH. (From the Laboratory of the North Carolina Agricultural ..."
6. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1912)
"Ligatures tied; lifting up cervical stump; approximating cervical stump and
ovarian stumps. ... approximating ..."
7. Algebra: An Elementary Text-book, for the Higher Classes of Secondary by George Chrystal (1904)
"The student may verify that these values do in fact satisfy the equation HORNER'S
METHOD FOR approximating TO THE VALUES OF THE REAL ROOTS OF AN INTEGRAL ..."
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