| One of the flasks holds an oily liquid approximating to coffee while the other holds almost-boiling water that might nearly brew a half-strength cup of extra-weak tea. |
| The latter was calculated by approximating the surface area to that of a spheroid. |
| There has been some progress in approximating to European standards on employment and social policies. |
| The surgeon and assistant close the incisions with absorbable, interrupted, subcutaneous sutures and self-adhesive wound approximating strips. |
| The 18 th-century Chinese scholar Tai Chen presented an elegant dissection for approximating the value of pi. |
| The approximate curve for the power link approximating to the probit provides a fair approximation. |
