Ap-prŏx/i-mā'tion, n.

n. [Fr. approximation, L. Lat. approximatio.] 1. Act of approximating; a drawing, moving, or advancing or being near; approach. The largest capacity and the most noble dispositions are but an approximation to the proper standard and true symmetry of human nature. I. Taylor. 2. (Math.) A continual approach or coming nearer and nearer to a result, without being able perhaps ever to arrive at it. Hutton.