approximate

a. மிக்க அண்மையில் உள்ள, பெரிதும் ஒத்திருக்கிற, ஏறத்தாழச் சரியாயிருக்கிற, (வினை.) பெரிதும் ஒத்திருக்கச் செய, அணுகு.

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Ap*prox"i*mate, a. Etym: [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. 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, v. i. Defn: To draw; to approach.