approximation
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin proximō Latin approximō Latin approximātusder. Middle English approximat English approximate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English approximation From approximate + -ion.
- derived from approximātus
- inherited from approximat
Definitions
The act, process or result of approximating, as
- At the back of the cupboard, you find your interview skirt, the one you bought when you had cash to purchase an approximation of the fashion spreads you mulled over in magazines.
The neighborhood
- neighborinterpolation
- neighborBorn–Oppenheimer approximation
- neighborstationary phase approximation
- neighborStirling's approximation
- neighborWien approximation
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at approximation. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at approximation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at approximation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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