Approx

adjective

Word Frequency: 1.6

Definitions

1.adjectiveApproaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

2.adjectiveNearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

"NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions."

3.adverbImprecise but close to in quantity or amount.

"...approximately 60 beats per minute."

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