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approximate
verb
To estimate.
To come near to; to approach.
To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
adjective
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
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."
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