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

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

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

Pelta :: Pelta (n.) A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped..

Approximated :: Approximated (imp. & p. p.) of Approximat.

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

Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc..

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..

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

About :: About (prep.) Near; not far from; -- determining approximately time, size, quantity..

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

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

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..

Level :: Level (n.) An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the level of the plateau and then descend to the level of the valley or of the sea..

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

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

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..

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..

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

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