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. | |