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Definition of Approximative
1. Adjective. Not quite exact or correct. "A ballpark estimate"
Definition of Approximative
1. a. Approaching; approximate.
Definition of Approximative
1. Adjective. Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Approximative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Approximative
Literary usage of Approximative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Algebra: Embracing, Besides the Elementary Principles, All the by George Roberts Perkins (1847)
"Multiply the numerator of the last approximative fraction by the partial denominator
standing over it, and to the product add the numerator of the preceding ..."
2. A Manual of Practical Assaying by John Mitchell (1868)
"If, for example, in an approximative assay the standard of the solution was expressed
... approximative Determination of the Standard of an Unknown Alloy. ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"In this statement of the world of evolution there is need of some rudimentary
approximative practical geometry. The mighty examiner is death. ..."
4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Rough, approximative Work For preliminary orientation and for ordinary clinical
purposes, where a more exact study is not indicated, or where it is not ..."
5. Memoirs of Libraries: Including a Handbook of Library Economy by Edward Edwards (1859)
"OF approximative ESTIMATES OF THE COST OF LIBRARIES, AND OF THE DATA ON WHICH
THEY MAY BE BASED. BOOK 1. Chapter VI. ..."
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