approximately
adverbecourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//əˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət.li//
- États-Unis//əˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət.li//
Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
adverbe
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Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
approximately 60 beats per minute
In every box of matches there are approximately 40 matchsticks.
Per 100 g of chocolate there is approximately 11.6 g of saturated fat.
Returning to our own epistemic situation, we do not know the sense in which quantum mechanics and relativity will be taken to be approximately true after their descriptive infelicities are addressed.
Étymologie
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 *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English approximately From approximate + -ly.
approximately · Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
April · The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March…apron · An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso…apt · Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.