proximation

plural proximations

1. countableuncountableproximity

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   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.

   1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC

2. countableuncountableapproximation