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approximated
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of approximate
     approximate
          1. adj. Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
          2. adj. Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
                approximate results or values
                NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.
          3. v. To estimate.
                I approximated the value of pi by taking 22 divided by 7.
          4. v. To come near to; to approach.
          5. v. To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
by
     1. prep. Near or next to.
           The mailbox is by the bus stop.
     2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
           Be back by ten o'clock!  We will send it by the first week of July.
     3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
           The matter was decided by the chairman.  The boat was swamped by the water.  He was protected by his body armour.
     4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
           There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
     5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
     6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
           I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
     7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
           The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
     8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
           I sorted the items by category.  By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
     9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
           Our stock is up by ten percent.
     10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
           We went through the book page by page.  We crawled forward by inches.
     11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
           He cheated by his own admission.
     12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
           By Jove! I think she's got it!  By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
     13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
           It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix.  The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot.  The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
     14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
           She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
     15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
           I watched as it passed by.
     16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
           There was a shepherd close by.
           The shop is hard by the High Street.
     17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
           I'll stop by on my way home from work.
           We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
     18. adv. Aside, away.
           The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
     19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
     20. n. (card games) A pass
     21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
comparison
     1. n. The act of comparing or the state or process of being compared.
           to bring a thing into comparison with another;  there is no comparison between them
     2. n. An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each-other.
           He made a careful comparison of the available products before buying anything.
     3. n. With a negation, the state of being similar or alike.
           There really is no comparison between the performance of today's computers and those of a decade ago.
     4. n. (grammar) The ability of adjectives and adverbs to form three degrees, as in hot, hotter, hottest.
     5. n. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.
     6. n. (rhetoric) A simile.
     7. n. (phrenology) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts.
relative
     1. adj. Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
     2. adj. (computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
           The relative URL/images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context ofhttp&x3A;//example.com/docs/pic.html, corresponds to the absolute URLhttp&x3A;//example.com/images/pic.jpg.
     3. adj. (grammar) That relates to an antecedent.
     4. adj. (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
     5. adj. Relevant; pertinent; related.
           relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...
     6. adj. Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
     7. n. Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
           Why do my relatives always talk about sex?
     8. n. (linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
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