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Meanings of close approximation in English

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Usage of close approximation in English
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It wasn't his story exactly, but it felt like a close approximation.
Armageddon's Children
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That his own observation was in close approximation to that given by Prof.
The Book of the Damned
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It was Rory's voice, or rather, a close approximation of it.
The Hellbound Heart
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She curled her lip in a close approximation of a snarl.
Rock my world
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The close approximation to so much bare flesh, its curious, subtle odour was almost intoxicating.
Paul Kelver
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Sometimes, in details, there is a very close approximation of the French and the Icelandic methods.
Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature
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There is not, of course, absolute mathematical accuracy, but a very close approximation to that accuracy.
The Life of the Spider
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This could only be found in Germany, and therefore a close approximation between the two countries was natural.
Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire
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Therefore, knowing the weight and having close approximation to density, the sizes of the stars are nearly calculated.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881
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This the opaque solution of iodine enables us to do with an extremely close approximation to the truth.
Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
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Newton's rules of mechanics still work in terrestrial magnitudes with close approximation, but his absolutes have lost their majesty.
The Tyranny Of Words
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She was coming to a close approximation of the girl's true age and she responded to her helplessness more leniently.
The Clan of the Cave Bear
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But, considering the various ambiguities that necessarily attended the experiment, the result was a remarkably close approximation to the truth.
A History of Science — Volume 2
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Then, glancing down at the receptionist's name tag, added, "Dirk." He smiled amiably-orattempted a close approximation thereof.
Masked
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As a result he says they will find that the year consists of 366 days, a close approximation for that epoch.
The Awakening of China
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You can't get a proper manual, dammit, but running through the gears in "sport" mode is a close approximation.
Wired
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