1.NounThe act, process or result of approximating, as:
An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.
The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.
"For some loanwords borrowed from French into English, the standard English pronunciation is an approximation of the French, as with denoument."
2.NounAn imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.
3.NounThe act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.
4.NounThe act of producing a near-simulation of the pronunciation of a foreign language for a loanword therefrom, or any given pronunciation resulting from that act.
"For some loanwords borrowed from French into English, the standard English pronunciation is an approximation of the French, as with denoument."