How is the word approximation translated from French to English

English translation
approximation
noun

Une estimation proche mais pas exacte.

An estimate that is close but not exact.

Examples with “approximation”

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  • Ce chiffre n'est qu'une approximation. — This figure is only an approximation.

  • La carte donne une approximation grossière de la distance. — The map gives a rough approximation of the distance.

  • Les ingénieurs travaillent avec des approximations quand les données manquent. — Engineers work with approximations when data is missing.

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