proximationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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proximation (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 proximations)

1. proximity
   • 1935, Samuel Beckett, Watt:

     Then, as Watt still waited for the figure to draw very near indeed, he realized that it was not necessary, not at all necessary, that the figure should draw very near indeed, but that a moderate proximation would be more than sufficient. For Watt's concern, deep as it appeared, was not after all with what the figure was, in reality, but with what the figure appeared to be, in reality.