approximant
noun/əˈprɒksɪmənt/
/əˈprɑːksɪmənt/
- (phonetics) a speech sound made by bringing the parts of the mouth that produce speech close together but not actually touching, for example /r/ and /w/ in right and wet in many accents of (= ways of pronouncing) English
- (mathematics) an answer to a problem in mathematics that is a close estimate of the solution of the problem
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