approximate

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Analysis:

• Advanced vocabulary
• Longer word (11 letters)
• Multiple syllables (4)

verb

1. To estimate.

2. To come near to; to approach.

3. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

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."

Synonyms

≠ Antonyms

exact precise

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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