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==English==
===Etymology===
From {{suffix|en|approximate|ion}}.
===Pronunciation===
* {{rhymes|en|eɪʃən|s=5}}
* {{IPA|en|/əˌpɹɒk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/|[əˌpɹɒk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃn̩]|a=UK}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-approximation.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/əˌpɹɑk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/|[əˌpɹɑk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃn̩]|a=US,CA}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Ajshul-approximation.wav|a=CA}}
* {{IPA|en|/əˌpɹɔk.sɪˈmæɪ.ʃən/|[əˌpɹɔk.sɪˈmæɪ.ʃn̩]|a=AU}}
===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable|countable}} The act, process or result of [[approximate|approximating]]
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2018|author=w:Tsitsi Dangarembga|title=This Mournable Body|publisher=Faber & Faber (2020)|page=5|passage=At the back of the cupboard, you find your interview skirt, the one you bought when you had cash to purchase an '''approximation''' of the fashion spreads you mulled over in magazines.}}
## {{senseid|en|mathematical ballpark}} {{lb|en|
## {{senseid|en|coaptation of tissue}} {{lb|en|medicine}} The act of [[bringing]] [[together]] the [[edge]]s of [[tissue]] to be [[suture]]d.
##: {{synonyms|en|coaptation}}
##: {{cot|en|imbrication}}
## {{senseid|en|phonetic ballpark}} {{lb|en|linguistics}} The act of producing a [[near]]-simulation of the {{l|en|pronunciation}} of a foreign language for a {{l|en|loanword}} therefrom, or any given pronunciation resulting from that act.
##: {{hypo|en|hyperforeignism|q1=misplaced attempt at approximation}}
##: {{ux|en|For some loanwords borrowed from French into English, the standard English pronunciation is an '''approximation''' of the French, as with ''denoument''.}}
====Hyponyms====
{{col2|en|Born–Oppenheimer approximation|Stirling's approximation|Wien approximation|stationary phase approximation}}
====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|misapproximation|pseudoapproximation|reapproximation|approximation algorithm|over-approximation|underapproximation|overapproximation|approximation problem|approximation property|approximation theory|to a first approximation}}
====Translations====
{{trans-top|act of approximating}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մոտարկում}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|приближение}}
* Danish: {{t|da|tilnærmelse|c}}
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* French: {{t+|fr|rapprochement|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|aproximación|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Approximieren|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|προσέγγιση|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קֵרוּב|m|tr=qerúv}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|közeledés}}, {{t+|hu|közelítés}}, {{t+|hu|megközelítés}}, {{t+|hu|harmonizáció}} * Icelandic: {{t|is|nálgun|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|aproksimasi}}, {{t|id|penghampiran}}, {{t+|id|pendekatan}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|approssimazione|f}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|penganggaran}}, {{t|ms|penghampiran}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഏകദേശം}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakaāwhiwhiwhitanga}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|tilnærmelse|m}}, {{t+|nb|tilnærming|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|tilnærming|f}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|aproksymacja|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aproximação|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|aproximare}}, {{t+|ro|aproximație|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|приближе́ние|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aproximación|f}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|aproksimasyon}}
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|approksimaatio}}, {{t+|fi|likiarvo}}
* French: {{t+|fr|approximation|f}}
* German: {{t|de|Approximation|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|εκτίμηση|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|közelítés}}, {{t|hu|közelítő becslés}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|nálgun|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|approssimazione|f}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|aproksymacja|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aproximação|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|приближе́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|аппроксима́ция|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aproximación|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|närmevärde|n}}, {{t+|sv|approximation|c}}, {{t+|sv|skattning|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|dapit}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-top|act of bringing together tissues to be sutured}}
{{trans-bottom}}
* {{l|en|interpolation}}
===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
[[Category:en:Numerical analysis]]
==French==
===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|la|approximatio|approximātiōnem}}.
===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-approximation.wav
===Noun===
{{fr-noun|f}}
#
===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}
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