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:to a zeroth approximation: [from `to a first approximation'] A
*really* sloppy approximation; a wild guess. Compare
{social science number}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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o a zeroth approximation [from `to a first approximation'] A really sloppy approximatio
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o a first approximation: 1. [techspeak] When one is doing certain numerical computatio
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All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. -- Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
Everything you know is wrong. But some of it is a useful first approximation.
-- Eric S. Raymond...
Everything you know is wrong, but some of it is a useful approximation!
Five is a sufficiently close approximation to infinity. -- Robert Firth