Approximation
Approximation
Latterly I have been reading a book on Faraday in which he is quoted using the word 'approximate' in a very literal manner. He talks of 'approximating' a magnet to a coil of wire - making it come close. Is this still standard English?
"Words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think."
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
I can find neither in any dictionary, although deproximate impresses me as the most felicitous of the two.For the reverse, does one deproximate or unproximate?
"Words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think."
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
Ferrus, I am still trying to figure out when you are being serious and when you are being droll. In any event, I prefer deproximate also.
"Haviva, the kids are squabbling again. We better deproximate them."
"Haviva, the kids are squabbling again. We better deproximate them."
"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening all at once. Lately it hasn't been working."
Anonymous
Anonymous
Or risk proximate cause."Haviva, the kids are squabbling again. We better deproximate them."
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