close approximation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcloseandapproximation
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close
adjective
uk/kləʊs/us/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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approximation
noun[C]
uk/əˌprɒk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/us/əˌprɑːk.səˈmeɪ.ʃən/
a guess of a number that is not exact but that ...
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(Definition ofcloseandapproximationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In this context it should be understood that the model cannot identically copy the referent completely-it can only be acloseapproximation.
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By rounding this figure to 2.6 we can adopt thecloseapproximationof 8:5.
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Thiscloseapproximationaccounts for the fact that very small tracking errors are observed after only a few trials of the controller algorithm.
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A t this time the profiles represent acloseapproximationto the final asymptotic profiles.
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If this is done a fairlycloseapproximationof the curve for stainer activity and population of effective vectors is obtained.
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We averaged the two values to obtain (acloseapproximationto) the population median.
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This is not to suggest that these processes are acloseapproximationof a perfect neo-classical market.
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This ordering is hopefully acloseapproximationof the ordering on the worlds imposed by the user's given information need.
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Compared with the simultaneous method, the haplotypic method is less computationally demanding and givescloseapproximationonly if founders are truly outbred.
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The vowels of not4 and get are incloseapproximationand are not clearly different in their phonetic enviornments.
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The provinces were restored to acloseapproximationof their colonial physiognomy.
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However, adopting the alternative assumption that language is stochastic and need only be learned to acloseapproximationopens up a wealth of possible solutions to the learning problem.
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Standardization and proper surveillance are in some ways more important to a public measurement system than iscloseapproximationto true values as defined by elite research laboratories.
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Although it will surely not be possible to achieve complete satisfaction in relation to such a complex matter, this provides a verycloseapproximation.
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Precise information is not available, but loan sanctions recommended in the previous year give acloseapproximation.
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There, again, the rent which is actually paid is incloseapproximationto the value of the land acquired.
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It gives a verycloseapproximationto the true rate.
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They want to exist incloseapproximationto the teeth elements of the armed forces.
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You may take that as a kind ofcloseapproximationof the number of houses.
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