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approximately

adv
/əˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət.li/US/əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət.li/UK

Etymology

From approximate + -ly.

  1. derived from approximātus
  2. inherited from approximat
  3. formed as approximately — “approximate + -ly”

Definitions

  1. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.

    • approximately 60 beats per minute
    • In every box of matches there are approximately 40 matchsticks.
    • Per 100 g of chocolate there is approximately 11.6 g of saturated fat.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at approximately. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at approximately. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at approximately

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA