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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..

Sebat :: Sebat (n.) The eleventh month of the ancient Hebrew year, approximately corresponding with February..

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..

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..

Approximate :: Approximate (a.) Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values..

Approximative :: Approximative (a.) Approaching; approximate.

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

Approximately :: Approximately (adv.) With approximation; so as to approximate; nearly.

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

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

Call :: Call (v. t.) To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work..

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

Osculant :: Osculant (a.) Intermediate in character, or on the border, between two genera, groups, families, etc., of animals or plants, and partaking somewhat of the characters of each, thus forming a connecting link; interosculant; as, the genera by which two families approximate are called osculant genera..

Approximate :: Approximate (v. t.) To come near to; to approach.

Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

Subquadruple :: Subquadrate (a.) Nearly or approximately square; almost square.

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..

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

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

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..

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