English-Thai Dictionary

approximation

N การประมา ณ  การคำนวณ อย่าง หยาบๆ  estimate conjecture kan-pra-man

 

approximation

N ความคล้ายคลึง  resemblance likeness khwam-khlai-khlueng

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPROXIMATION

n. 1. Approach; a drawing, moving or advancing near.
2. In arithmetic and algebra, a continual approach or coming nearer and nearer to a root or other quantity, without being able perhaps ever to arrive at it.
3. In medicine, communication of disease by contact.
4. A mode of cure by transplanting a disease into an animal or vegetable by immediate contact.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APPROXIMATION

Ap *prox `i *ma "tion. n. Etym: [Cf. F. approximation, LL. approximatio.]

 

1. The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating. The largest capacity and the most noble dispositions are but an approximation to the proper standard and true symmetry of human nature. I. Taylor.

 

2. An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.

 

3. (Math. ) (a ) A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation. (b ) A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

approximation

ap prox i ma tion |əˌpräksəˈmāSHən əprɑːksɪˈmeɪʃn | ▶noun a value or quantity that is nearly but not exactly correct: these figures are only approximations. • a thing that is similar to something else, but is not exactly the same: the band smashed up their equipment in an approximation of rock star behavior.

 

Oxford Dictionary

approximation

ap ¦proxi |ma ¦tion |əˌprɒksɪˈmeɪʃn | ▶noun a value or quantity that is nearly but not exactly correct: these figures are only approximations. • a thing that is similar to something else, but is not exactly the same: the band smashed up their equipment in an approximation of rock star behaviour.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

approximation

approximation noun 1 the figure is only an approximation: estimate, estimation, guess, rough calculation; informal guesstimate, ballpark figure. 2 an approximation to the truth: semblance, resemblance, likeness, similarity, correspondence.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

approximation

approximation noun 1 a general approximation is that a ten degree rise in temperature doubles the rate of reaction: estimate, estimation, guess, conjecture, rough calculation, rough idea, surmise; guesswork; informal guesstimate; N. Amer. informal ballpark figure. 2 we can only look for an approximation to the truth about these matters: semblance, outward appearance, likeness, resemblance, similarity, correspondence, comparison.

 

Duden Dictionary

Approximation

Ap pro xi ma ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Approximati o n |die Approximation; Genitiv: der Approximation, Plural: die Approximationen mittellateinisch approximatio, zu lateinisch approximare = sich nähern 1 bildungssprachlich Annäherung (an einen bestimmten Zielpunkt o. Ä.)2 Mathematik Näherung, Näherungswert

 

French Dictionary

approximation

approximation n. f. nom féminin Estimation, évaluation par à-peu-près.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

approximation

ap prox i ma tion /əprɑ̀ksɪméɪʃ (ə )n |-rɔ̀ks -/名詞 C «…に » (数 量が )近いこと, «…への » 近似 «of , to » ; 概算 ; U 〘数 〙近似値 .