rough estimate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofroughandestimate
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rough
adjective
uk/rʌf/us/rʌf/
not even or smooth, often because of being in ...
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estimate
noun[C]
uk/ˈes.tɪ.mət/us/ˈes.tə.mət/
a guess of what the size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something ...
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(Definition ofroughandestimatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These indices were, however, just used as aroughestimateof potential light availability.
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For these reasons, aroughestimateof total pollutant emissions from the incinerator has been attempted.
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In the airframe domain, the design goal is to minimize takeoff mass (aroughestimateof life-cycle cost) for a specified mission.
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Aroughestimateof the critical temperature was possible either with experience or on the basis of some trial runs made with larger temperature steps.
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In fact, he provided aroughestimateof that stationary value.
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To be sure, this is aroughestimate.
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Another limitation is the ratherroughestimateof the costs of the campaign.
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In the same way aroughestimatecan be provided for the number of loci for protein.
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The nature of the court records does allow only for aroughestimateof the rate of divorce in a given community.
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Aroughestimateof the quality of the diet is also possible.
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Using mean leaf area consumption during the larval development and observed leaf damage allows aroughestimateof herbivore abundance.
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Aroughestimateof its value can however be obtained as follows.
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Aroughestimateis that this development gained momentum over the past 200 years.
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From the national population census of 1925, it is only possible to make aroughestimate.
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Aroughestimatesuggests that a 9-tile region with 14 boundary vertices might be sufficient.
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This is, of course, a veryroughestimate, but it is + enough for our purpose.
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This is, of course, a veryroughestimate.
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As aroughestimate, it is assumed below that any collision with the target molecule entails a reaction event.
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However, such an analysis only gives aroughestimateof quantitative differences.
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