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APPROXIMATELY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

Example:

20 or so people were at the party

Synonyms:

about; approximately; around; close to; just about; more or less; or so; roughly; some

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Human ACADM wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 1p31 and is approximately 39 kb in length.

(ACADM wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement for determining the subcutaneous fat layer thickness whereby a pinch of skin approximately five centimeters to the right of the umbilicus is measured using calipers.

(Abdominal Skinfold Thickness, NCI Thesaurus)

Mars can only come to this area of your chart for approximately six weeks every two years, so this is an important trend.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Human ABCC5 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 3q27 and is approximately 98 kb in length.

(ABCC5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABCC4 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 13q32 and is approximately 282 kb in length.

(ABCC4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABI1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 10p11.2 and is approximately 114 kb in length.

(ABI1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABL1 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 9q34.1 and is approximately 173 kb in length.

(ABL1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ACACA wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 17q21 and is approximately 325 kb in length.

(ACACA wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABTB2 wild-type allele is located in the vicinity of 11p13 and is approximately 250 kb in length.

(ABTB2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Human ABL2 wild-type allele is located within 1q24-q25 and is approximately 126 kb in length.

(ABL2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)