approximant
noun /əˈprɒksɪmənt/
/əˈprɑːksɪmənt/
- (phonetics
) a speech sound made by bringing the parts of the mouth that produce speech close together but not actually touching, for example /r/ and /w/ in right and wet in many accents of (= ways of pronouncing) English语音学 近似音;无擦通音;无摩擦延续音 - (mathematics
) an answer to a problem in mathematics that is a close estimate of the solution of the problem数学 逼近式