Approximated vs Inapproximable - What's the difference?

approximated | inapproximable |

As a verb approximated

is (approximate).

As an adjective inapproximable is

(mathematics) unable to be approximated.

approximated

English

Verb

(head)

(approximate)

approximate

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.

Approximate results or values.

To help carry out its mission, NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.

Antonyms

* exact, precise

Derived terms

() * approximately * approximation * approximative

Verb

(approximat)

To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. --Burke.

To come near to; to approach.

The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse.

To estimate.

Quotations

When you follow two separate chains of thought, Watson, you will find some point of intersection which should approximate to the truth.
— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax