Approximate

verb

Word Frequency: 9.8

Definitions

1.verbTo estimate.

2.verbTo come near to; to approach.

3.verbTo carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

4.adjectiveApproaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

5.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."

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