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Peripheral vs Approximate - What's the difference?

peripheral | approximate |

As adjectives the difference between peripheral and approximate

is that peripheral is on the periphery or boundary while approximate is approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.

As a noun peripheral

is (computing) a device, such as a printer or scanner, connected to a computer.

As a verb approximate is

to carry or advance near; to cause to approach.

peripheral

English

(wikipedia peripheral)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • on the periphery or boundary
  • beside the point
  • unimportant
  • auxiliary
  • (neuroanatomy) a part of or located in the peripheral nervous system
  • * {{quote-journal , year=1988 , date=1 March 1988 , author= , title=Isolation and analysis of the gene encoding peripheral myelin protein zero , journal=Neuron citation
    • , passage=We have isolated the gene encoding the Schwann cell glycoprotein P0, the major structural protein of the peripheral myelin sheath.}}

    Derived terms

    * peripherally * peripheral vision * peripheral nervous system

    Related terms

    * periphery

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) a device, such as a printer or scanner, connected to a computer
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  • peripheral vision
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  • * 2014 , Bill Ladson, "Zimmerman handles left field with ease -- and no E's" on MLB.com
    • I was kind of looking at the ball, keeping him in my peripheral and all of sudden I see him closing in on the ball.

    Synonyms

    * peripheral device

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    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