afschatten

Borrowed from German abschätzen.^[1] Equivalent to af +‎ schatten.

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afschatten

1. (transitive) to estimate

   Synonym: schatten

2. (transitive, mathematics) to bound from above

   ${\displaystyle {\sqrt {ab}}}$ kan worden afgeschat door ${\displaystyle {\tfrac {1}{2}}(a+b)}$.

   ${\displaystyle {\sqrt {ab}}}$ can be bounded from above by ${\displaystyle {\tfrac {1}{2}}(a+b)}$.

3. (transitive) to lower someone's disability benefits when they are found to be (partially) fit for work again