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About :: About (adv.) Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time..

Error :: Error (n.) The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position.

Approximate :: Approximate (v. t.) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

Straight :: Straight (superl.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve..

Half :: Half (a.) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge..

Bowl :: Bowl (n.) A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc..

Watt :: Watt (n.) A unit of power or activity equal to 107 C.G.S. units of power, or to work done at the rate of one joule a second. An English horse power is approximately equal to 746 watts..

Approximate :: Approximate (v. i.) To draw; to approach.

Approximate :: Approximate (a.) Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Libration Point :: Libration point (n.) any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body..

Subprehensile :: Subpolygonal (a.) Approximately polygonal; somewhat or almost polygonal.

Approximator :: Approximator (n.) One who, or that which, approximates..

Estimate :: Estimate (n.) A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a pond..

Subdeacon :: Subcylindric (a.) Imperfectly cylindrical; approximately cylindrical.

Subarcuate :: Subarctic (a.) Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle.

Point :: Point (v. i.) To approximate to the surface; to head; -- said of an abscess.

Spall :: Spall (v. t.) To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering..

Subpericardial :: Subpentangular (a.) Nearly or approximately pentangular; almost pentangular.

Approach :: Approach (v. i.) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman..

Round :: Round (a.) Full; complete; not broken; not fractional; approximately in even units, tens, hundreds, thousands, etc.; -- said of numbers..

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