Approximately

(adv.) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; 'lasted approximately an hour'; 'in just about a minute'; 'he's about 30 years old'; 'I've had about all I can stand'; 'we meet about once a month'; 'some forty people came'; 'weighs around a hundred pounds'; 'roughly $3,000'; 'holds 3 gallons, more or less'; '20 or so people were at the party'.

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• The atom, to be sure, can no longer be consider ed the smallest unit of matter, as the mass of a β particle is approximately one seventeen-hundredths that of an atom of hydrogen. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Approximately 150 loaded freight cars are sent out every day. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Under the old regime all workers in a craft were approximately equals in their knowledge and outlook. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• This gun and carriage break up into four loads of approximately 200 pounds each. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The shields used weighed approximately sixty-seven tons each. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• A gallon of water weighs approximately 8. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Pour mercury into the tube until the difference in level _bd_ is just equal to the barometric height, approximately 32 inches. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The approach end of the bed, approximately eighteen feet long, is constructed of maple, with each alternate strip of the 3 x 1-inch bed stock about eighteen inches shorter. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• From San Francisco to Buenos Aires, via Valparaiso and Magellan, is approximately 7,610 miles, which is shorter than the route through the canal, by which the distance is 8,941 miles. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• If, however, the pressure in the tube is removed, the water in the tube will rise to a height of 34 feet approximately. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• A complete set of molds will cost approximately $25,000, while the necessary plant will cost about $15,000 more. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The use of gloves in the picking is thought to save the growers approximately $1,000,000 yearly. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• For example, the simple voltaic cell and the gravity cell have approximately equal voltages, but the current produced by the voltaic cell is stronger than that produced by the gravity cell. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The north pole of the stone will seek approximately the direction of the south pole of the earth, etc. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• As is well known, the Hudson River, for the length of Manhattan Island, is approximately a mile wide, reducing in width at the Palisades north of Hoboken. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The column of water which can be raised this way is approximately 34 feet, sometimes a trifle more, sometimes a trifle less. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Here are employed approximately 1,000 expert tool makers, machinists and die sinkers. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The transit of the canal requires about ten hours, of which approximately three hours are spent in the locks. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In the United States, approximately two fifths of the land area is so dry as to be worthless for agricultural purposes unless artificially watered. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Current at first was supplied free to customers for approximately five months, which speaks quite as much for Edison’s Scotch canniness as for his inventive genius. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Starting approximately a quarter of a mile south of Wall Street, Broadway, New York City’s main business thoroughfare, extends for fifteen miles to the northern end of Manhattan Island. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• It is, therefore, easy to date, approximately, an American-made spoon, because it follows so closely in style the dated or hall-marked English spoon. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The voltage of a dry cell is approximately 1. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• A similar breakage was the cause of the fatal Johnstown flood in 1889, which destroyed no less than seven towns, and in which approximately 2000 persons are said to have lost their lives. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• One of the largest turbines known has a horse power of about 20,000; that is, it is equivalent, approximately, to 20,000 horses. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The total annual production of honey in the United States as given by the best authorities is approximately 55,000,000 pounds. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• From New York to Guayaquil the present distance of 2,765 miles is approximately twenty-seven per cent of the former distance--10,270 miles. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In passing, it may be mentioned that in the construction of the modern concert piano approximately 40,000 separate pieces of material are used. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The progress of the photographic art may be approximately noted as follows: _Process. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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