proximations

Noun

proximation (countable and uncountable, plural proximations)

1. proximity
   • 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...1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
2. approximation