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overapproximating

overapproximating is the present participle and gerund of overapproximate.

Meaning of overapproximate

Verb

overapproximate (third-person singular simple present overapproximates, present participle overapproximating, simple past and past participle overapproximated)

  1. (transitive) To form an overapproximation of.
    • This algorithm will always overapproximate the number of possible paths.

Questions about overapproximating

What is overapproximating the present participle and gerund of?
Overapproximating is the present participle and gerund of overapproximate.

Words near overapproximating in the dictionary

  1. overappreciated
  2. overapprehensive
  3. overapproximate
  4. overapproximated
  5. overapproximates
  6. overapproximating
  7. overapproximation
  8. overapproximations
  9. overapt
  10. overarch
  11. overarched

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overapproximating (page history and authors); overapproximate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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