approximative
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There may therefore be room for debate as to the more or less approximative character of our concepts of the absolute.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
And its escape is an approximative proof that, at least for those ten years, no contagium of measles, nor any contagium of scarlet-fever, nor any contagium of smallpox had arisen spontaneously within its limits.'
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
Facts, when he goes on to verify his theories, will leave him with a very few primary actions of law, a very faint approximative theory; because his theories, in plain English, will not work.
From Roman and the Teuton by Kingsley, Charles
All that we can do is to approximate to the meaning that he gave to them, remembering that our translation of them into the language of to-day can be approximative only.
From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
This process is but approximative, and some practice is necessary before the operator succeeds in getting uniform results from the same series of specimens.
