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Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their long term behaviour, but it would be unwise not to think how in practice their behaviour may deviate from that simplifying assumption.
Evan Davis

Meaning of "approximation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF APPROXIMATION

approximation  [əˌprɒksɪˈmeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APPROXIMATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Approximation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES APPROXIMATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Approximation

An approximation is anything that is similar but not exactly equal to something else. The term can be applied to various properties that are nearly but not exactly correct; similar, but not exactly the same. Although approximation is most often applied to numbers, it is also frequently applied to such things as mathematical functions, shapes, and physical laws. In science, approximation can refer to using a simpler process or model when the correct model is difficult to use. An approximate model is used to make calculations easier. Approximations might also be used if incomplete information prevents use of exact representations. The type of approximation used depends on the available information, the degree of accuracy required, the sensitivity of the problem to this data, and the savings that can be achieved by approximation.

Definition of approximation in the English dictionary

The first definition of approximation in the dictionary is the process or result of making a rough calculation, estimate, or guess. Other definition of approximation is an imprecise or unreliable record or version. Approximation is also an inexact number, relationship, or theory that is sufficiently accurate for a specific purpose.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APPROXIMATION


affirmation
ˌæfəˈmeɪʃən
animation
ˌænɪˈmeɪʃən
automation
ˌɔːtəˈmeɪʃən
confirmation
ˌkɒnfəˈmeɪʃən
conformation
ˌkɒnfɔːˈmeɪʃən
Dalmatian
dælˈmeɪʃən
defamation
ˌdɛfəˈmeɪʃən
deformation
ˌdiːfɔːˈmeɪʃən
estimation
ˌɛstɪˈmeɪʃən
exclamation
ˌɛkskləˈmeɪʃən
formation
fɔːˈmeɪʃən
inflammation
ˌɪnfləˈmeɪʃən
information
ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən
misinformation
ˌmɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃən
proclamation
ˌprɒkləˈmeɪʃən
reclamation
ˌrɛkləˈmeɪʃən
reformation
ˌrɛfəˈmeɪʃən
sublimation
ˌsʌblɪˈmeɪʃən
summation
sʌˈmeɪʃən
transformation
ˌtrænsfəˈmeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APPROXIMATION

appropriative
appropriator
approvable
approvably
approval
approval rating
approvance
approve
approved
approved school
approved social worker
approver
approving
approvingly
approx.
approximal
approximate
approximately
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WORDS THAT END LIKE APPROXIMATION

accreditation
action
administration
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
federation
foundation

Synonyms and antonyms of approximation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «APPROXIMATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «approximation» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of approximation

Translation of «approximation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APPROXIMATION

Find out the translation of approximation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of approximation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «approximation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

近似物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

aproximación
570 millions of speakers

English

approximation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सन्निकटन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقريب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

приближение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aproximação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পড়তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

approximation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penghampiran
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Annäherung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

近似
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

근사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perkiraan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xấp xỉ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தோராய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंदाज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tahmin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

approssimazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przybliżeniem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

наближення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aproximare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσέγγιση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

benadering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tillnärmning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilnærming
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of approximation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APPROXIMATION»

The term «approximation» is very widely used and occupies the 17.016 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about approximation

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7 QUOTES WITH «APPROXIMATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word approximation.
1
Athanasius
Anyone who wants to look at sunlight naturally wipes his eye clear first, in order to make, at any rate, some approximation to the purity of that on which he looks; and a person wishing to see a city or country goes to the place in order to do so.
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Evan Davis
Personally, I don't see old economics and behavioural economics as opposed. It is useful to assume people are rational as a good approximation to their long term behaviour, but it would be unwise not to think how in practice their behaviour may deviate from that simplifying assumption.
3
Kiri Te Kanawa
I tell students, 'If you are learning from YouTube I almost don't want to teach you because what you learn from YouTube it takes 10 times as long to unlearn.' They do an approximation of the centre of the note, an approximation of the interpretation, a cloned version.
4
Ralph Merkle
The first approximation in this future that we're looking at is that everyone will be physically well off. They will have a great abundance in material goods, and I think that will soften some of the conflicts we see now.
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Ralph Merkle
We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy.
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Henri Poincare
If that enabled us to predict the succeeding situation with the same approximation, that is all we require, and we should say that the phenomenon had been predicted, that it is governed by the laws.
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James Salter
Like books you will never have the chance to read, there are languages you do not know, and you're not going to get a chance to learn, so you'll never really know what was written, only the approximation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APPROXIMATION»

Discover the use of approximation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to approximation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Approximation Algorithms
"This book will be of interest to the scientific community at large and in particular, to students and researchers in Computer Science, Operations Research, and Discrete Mathematics.
Vijay V. Vazirani, 2001
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Approximation Theory and Methods
This book gives a thorough and coherent introduction to the theory that is the basis of current approximation methods.
M. J. D. Powell, 1981
3
Approximation Theory and Approximation Practice
An original and modern treatment of approximation theory for students in applied mathematics. Includes exercises, illustrations and Matlab code.
Lloyd N. Trefethen, 2013
4
Best Approximation in Inner Product Spaces
This book evolved from notes originally developed for a graduate course, "Best Approximation in Normed Linear Spaces," that I began giving at Penn State Uni versity more than 25 years ago.
Frank Deutsch, 2001
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An Introduction to the Approximation of Functions
This text provides an introduction to methods of approximating continuous functions by functions that depend only on a finite number of parameters -- an important technique in the field of digital computation. 1969 edition.
Theodore J. Rivlin, 2003
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Greedy Approximation
This first book on greedy approximation gives a systematic presentation of the fundamental results.
Vladimir Temlyakov, 2011
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The Design of Approximation Algorithms
Yet most such problems are NP-hard; unless P = NP, there are no efficient algorithms to find optimal solutions. This book shows how to design approximation algorithms: efficient algorithms that find provably near-optimal solutions.
David P. Williamson, David B. Shmoys, 2011
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Approximation of Functions
This work can be used as a textbook for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses or for self-study. Included in the volume are Notes at the end of each chapter, Problems, and a selected Bibliography.
G. G. Lorentz, 2005
9
Numerical Approximation of Hyperbolic Systems of ...
This work explores the theory and approximation of nonlinear hyperbolic systems of conservation laws in one or two spaces variables.
Edwige Godlewski, 1996
10
Constructive Approximation
The book describes function spaces used in approximation, the needed functional analytic tools.
Ronald A. DeVore, George G. Lorentz, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APPROXIMATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term approximation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ubisoft chief: 'We learned from the mistakes we made with Watch …
... console, Watch Dogs would have been largely developed on high-end PCs with only an approximation of the final machine specifications. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Tiger Woods Is Now Merely Average, as Improved Play at …
Here's my rough approximation of the consensus take on Mr. Woods. Hero World Challenge (T17): Tiger may have the chipping yips! «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
3
This Week in South Florida: July 5
WELL, I THINK CABREA STILL HASN'T MADE IT CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT THE APPROXIMATION OF THOSE BUSINESS BALLPLAYERS ... «Local 10, Jul 15»
4
optimisations for batch cartesian to polar?
for example a taylor series approximation may be sufficient if only a rough idea of angle is needed. of course, if objects are in series they can be ... «GameDev.net, Jul 15»
5
Dinner Sanctum
... variations disguised as offhand remarks or a stylized approximation of Chekhovian “Russian-ness” melded with plain American language) by ... «Artforum, Jul 15»
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LG G Pro 3 Specs Confirmed; Snapdragon 820 And Retinal Scanner …
Since it is just an approximation, we can expect the actual value to be quite less, along with availability details. For now, G Pro 3 could just be a ... «WCCFtech, Jul 15»
7
Farnell element14 - USB-based platform designed to test functional …
... supervisor analogue comparators and 10-bit successive approximation type A/D converter are incorporated around the 8-bit nX-8/100 CPU. «Electropages, Jul 15»
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Wednesday, July 8
And, to be fair to Leoni, she does a fair approximation of world-weariness behind the power dressing, this week dealing not only with the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Debate about the Waterfront splits Toronto
If it isn't quite a consummation of his dream waterfront — less shrubbery, for one thing — it's certainly an approximation of it. Planners and ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
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My cat died, and it affected me as much as losing my dad
... brothers, Mr W and Dave nonetheless spent pretty much every night curled up together in a rough approximation of the yin and yang symbol. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

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