English-Portuguese translations for approximate

• aproximado
  O custo aproximado dessa opço é igualmente de 1 milho de ecus. The approximate cost is again ECU 1 million.
  Estes números são extremamente aproximados.Those figures are extremely approximate.
  Não fixamos a duração dos planos: estabelecemos um objectivo e calculamos o período de tempo aproximado que será necessário para o alcançar. We do not fix the duration of the plans: we set an objective and estimate the approximate time we will need to achieve it.
• aproximar
  Procura aproximar leis com penas mínimas comuns.It seeks to approximate laws with common minimum penalties.
  Recorde-se que o objectivo é efectivamente o de aproximar disposições nacionais relativas aos procedimentos. We need to remember that our objective is to approximate national arrangements on procedures.
  A directiva pretende eliminar estes problemas e aproximar as disposições existentes nessa matéria. The directive seeks to eliminate these problems and approximate the provisions on the subject.
• aproximar-se
  Permitiria diferenciar os seus papéis executivo e legislativo e, no que se refere ao segundo, possibilitar que começasse a aproximar-se mais de uma câmara territorial.It could properly differentiate its executive and legislative roles and in the latter begin to approximate itself to a territorial chamber.

Definition of approximate

• Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling
• To estimate
• To come near to; to approach
• To carry or advance near; to cause to approach

Examples

• approximate results or values
• NASAs Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.
• I approximated the value of pi by taking 22 divided by 7.

Related words

• approximately
• approximation
• approximated
• approximative
• approximatively
• approximator
• approximateness
• approximately something like that roughly
• approximation algorithm