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Line 1: ==English== ~~{{wikipedia}}~~ ===Etymology=== From {{suffix\|en\|approximate\|ion}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{rhymes\|en\|eɪʃən\|s=5}} * {{IPA\|en\|/əˌpɹɒk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/\|[əˌpɹɒk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃn̩]\|a=UK}} * {{a\|UK}} {{IPA\|en\|/əˌpɹɒksɪˈmeɪʃn/}} ** {{audio\|en\|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-approximation.wav\|~~Audio~~a=Southern ~~(UK)~~England}} * {{IPA\|en\|/əˌpɹɑk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/\|[əˌpɹɑk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃn̩]\|a=US,CA}} * {{a\|US}} {{IPA\|en\|/əˌpɹɑksɪˈmeɪʃn/}} ** {{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]]., as: #* {{quote-book\|en\|year=2018\|author=[[w:Tsitsi Dangarembga~~\|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\|mathematics}} An [[imprecise]] [[solution]] or [[result]] that is [[adequate]] for a [[defined]] [[purpose]]. ## {{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==== {{~~der2~~col-auto\|en\|~~Stirling's approximation~~misapproximation\|~~Wien approximation~~pseudoapproximation\|reapproximation\|approximation algorithm\|over-~~approximation\|stationary phase~~ 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}} Line 34 ⟶ 43: * 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}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Italian: {{t+\|it\|approssimazione\|f}} * Malay: {{t\|ms\|penganggaran}}, {{t\|ms\|penghampiran}} * Malayalam: {{t+\|ml\|ഏകദേശം}} * Maori: {{t\|mi\|whakaāwhiwhiwhitanga}} Line 48 ⟶ 58: * Russian: {{t+\|ru\|приближе́ние\|n}} * Spanish: {{t+\|es\|aproximación\|f}} * Tagalog: {{t\|tl\|aproksimasyon}} {{trans-bottom}} Line 60 ⟶ 71: * German: {{t\|de\|Approximation\|f}} * Greek: {{t+\|el\|εκτίμηση\|f}} ~~{{trans-mid}}~~ * Hungarian: {{t+\|hu\|közelítés}}, {{t\|hu\|közelítő becslés}} * Icelandic: {{t\|is\|nálgun\|f}} Line 68 ⟶ 78: * 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-mid}}~~ {{trans-bottom}} ====See also==== * {{l\|en\|interpolation}} ===Further reading=== [[Category:en:Numerical analysis]]▼ * {{pedia}} ▲[[Category:en:Numerical analysis]] ~~----~~ ==French== ===Etymology=== {{bor+\|fr\|la\|approximatio\|~~approximationem~~approximātiōnem}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{fr-IPA}} * {{audio\|fr\|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-approximation.wav~~\|Audio~~}} ===Noun=== {{fr-noun\|f}} # ~~[[#English~~{{l\|en\|approximation]]}}; an imprecise solution ===Further reading=== * {{R:fr:TLFi}}