approx.

/AH0 P R AA1 K S/

adjective

1
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
2
Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
“NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.”

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adverb

1
Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.
“...approximately 60 beats per minute.”
syn:around near nearly
ant:accurately definitely exactly precisely

Synonyms

around near nearly

Antonyms

accurately definitely exactly precisely

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