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From {{suffix|en|approximate|ion}}.

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# {{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}}

{{der2col-auto|en|Stirling's approximationmisapproximation|Wien approximationpseudoapproximation|reapproximation|approximation algorithm|over-approximation|stationary phase approximation|underapproximation|overapproximation|approximation problem|approximation property|approximation theory|to a first approximation}}

* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|közeledés}}, {{t+|hu|közelítés}}, {{t+|hu|megközelítés}}, {{t+|hu|harmonizáció}}

====See also====

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# [[#English{{l|en|approximation]]}}; an imprecise solution

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