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English
Etymology
From approximation.
Noun
proximation (countable and uncountable, plural proximations)
- proximity
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:Then, as Watt still waited for the figure to draw very near indeed, he realized that it was not necessary, not at all necessary, that the figure should draw very near indeed, but that a moderate proximation would be more than sufficient. For Watt's concern, deep as it appeared, was not after all with what the figure was, in reality, but with what the figure appeared to be, in reality.
- approximation