approximative
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And its escape is an approximative proof that, at least for those ten years, no contagium of measles, nor any contagium of scarlet-fever, nor any contagium of smallpox had arisen spontaneously within its limits.'
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
No rational thinker hopes to discover more than some few primary actions of law, and some approximative theory of growth.
From Roman and the Teuton by Charles Kingsley
There may therefore be room for debate as to the more or less approximative character of our concepts of the absolute.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
The riddle of the universe, like less important riddles, is unravelled only by approximative trials, and the most brilliant discoverers have usually been the bravest guessers.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske
But as most of the equations in our calculation are approximative, I prefer that the element of gravitation should be handled in a general way.
From A Strange Discovery by Charles Romyn Dake
