Approximation vs Adjacency - What's the difference?
approximation | adjacency |
The act, process or result of approximating.
(mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.
(medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.
(uncountable) The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.
(countable) A relationship of being adjacent to something.
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As nouns the difference between approximation and adjacency
is that approximation is the act, process or result of approximating while adjacency is (uncountable) the quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.approximation
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(wikipedia approximation)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* approximation problem * approximation property * approximation theorySee also
* interpolation ----adjacency
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