approximative
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But as most of the equations in our calculation are approximative, I prefer that the element of gravitation should be handled in a general way.
From A Strange Discovery by Charles Romyn Dake
On the one hand, it is a record of the exact determination and approximative analysis of the electric phenomena presented by living beings.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
Rosamond became serious too, and slightly meditative; in fact, she was going through many intricacies of lace-edging and hosiery and petticoat-tucking, in order to give an answer that would at least be approximative.
From Middlemarch by George Eliot
The volcano, so far as I know, has never been ascended, and its reported height, 16,500 feet, is probably the approximative estimate of some Russian officer.
From Tent Life in Siberia by George Kennan
But here I will say that the division of his work into periods, and the assignment of his plays to certain years, is only inferential and approximative.
From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various
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