Sentence examples for a fair approximation for from inspiring English sources

Also, the assumption of fully developed flow is assessed through the numerical calculation of the entrance lengths of the studied minichannel flows and the results elucidated that such hypothesis constitutes a fair approximation: for the most adverse operating conditions, the maximum entrance length is only 17.7% of the channel length.

However, for diffusion limited exchange, if the diffusion coefficient DB is much smaller than DA and thus the exchange is very slow, this solution is a fair approximation for Eq.  5.

The (A PDFs D1 and D2 are derived for two opposite cases, respectively A q ≫ σ(n q ) and A q = 0. We will evaluate the accuracies of the (A PDFs in awide SNR range by means of Monte Carlo simulations in order to show that D1 is also a fair approximation for the case A q ∼ σ (n q ).

It looked like a fair approximation of what a Codey for Governor event might look like -- minus Mr. Codey.

Kleiner Perkins sought nearly $865,000 for its expert fees, but Kahn said a "fair approximation" of what the firm incurred for work central to beating back Pao's claims was nearly $229,000.

Replace "positive" with "oligarchic" in Snyder's catchphrase, and you get a fair approximation of what this Republican brand means for most Americans.

(He and Bill Pullman, who has a small role in this film as the requisite rumpled cop, were the headliners in "Bottle Shock".) As Eli, Mr. Rickman oozes from scene to scene doing a fair approximation of a lizard with a little Joan Crawford thrown in for good (or bad) measure.

Throw in EMI for a music component and he'd have built a fair approximation of AOL Time Warner.

Is this modernist exaggeration, or is it a fair approximation of Vivaldi's own technique?

But Dr. Mason believes it offers a fair approximation of reality.

Brown dirt and blue-and-white mold made a fair approximation of an Abstract Expressionist grand-gesture painting.