Definition of "approximation"

approximation

/əˌpɹɒk.sɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural approximations
1. (uncountable, countable) The act, process or result of approximating, as:
  Quotations
  At the back of the cupboard, you find your interview skirt, the one you bought when you had cash to purchase an approximation of the fashion spreads you mulled over in magazines.
  2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 5
  1. (mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.
  2. (medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.
  3. (linguistics) The act of producing a near-simulation of the pronunciation of a foreign language for a loanword therefrom, or any given pronunciation resulting from that act.