The Collaborative International Dictionary
Approximative
Approximative \Ap*prox"i*ma*tive\, a. [Cf. F. approximatif.] Approaching; approximate. -- Ap*prox"i*ma*tive*ly, adv. -- Ap*prox"i*ma*tive*ness, n.
Wiktionary
approximative
a. Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation.
WordNet
approximative
adj. not quite exact or correct; "the approximate time was 10 o'clock"; "a rough guess"; "a ballpark estimate" [syn: approximate, rough]
Usage examples of "approximative".
To keep a spatial metaphor, the approximative character of which I have already stressed, I shall say that the signification of the myth is constituted by a sort of constantly moving turnstile which presents alternately the meaning of the signifier and its form, a language-object and a metalanguage, a purely signifying and a purely imagining consciousness.