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- Approximation - n. - The act of approximating; a drawing, advancing or being near; approach; also, the result of approximating.
- Approximation - n. - An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc.
- Approximation - n. - A continual approach or coming nearer to a result; as, to solve an equation by approximation.
- Approximation - n. - A value that is nearly but not exactly correct.
- Dipnoi - n. pl. - A group of ganoid fishes, including the living genera Ceratodus and Lepidosiren, which present the closest approximation to the Amphibia. The air bladder acts as a lung, and the nostrils open inside the mouth. See Ceratodus, and Illustration in Appendix.
- Sneezing - n. - The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
- Occlusion - n. - The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.
- Eocene - a. - Pertaining to the first in time of the three subdivisions into which the Tertiary formation is divided by geologists, and alluding to the approximation in its life to that of the present era; as, Eocene deposits.