Approximable vs. Approximate

(mathematics) Able to be approximated

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

Example: ‘approximate results or values’; ‘NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.’;

(ambitransitive) To estimate.

Example: ‘I approximated the value of pi by taking 22 divided by 7.’;

(transitive) To come near to; to approach.

(transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate; as, approximate results or values.

To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

Example: ‘To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature.’;

To come near to; to approach.

Example: ‘The telescope approximates perfection.’;

To draw; to approach.

be close or similar;

Example: ‘Her results approximate my own’;

judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time);

Example: ‘I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds’;

not quite exact or correct;

Example: ‘the approximate time was 10 o'clock’; ‘a rough guess’; ‘a ballpark estimate’;

very close in resemblance;

Example: ‘sketched in an approximate likeness’; ‘a near likeness’;

located close together;

Example: ‘with heads close together’; ‘approximate leaves grow together but are not united’;