2. Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate;
as, approximate results or values.
[1913 Webster]
{Approximate quantities} (Math.), those which are nearly, but not, equal. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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