Sentence examples for a gross approximation of from inspiring English sources

Design equations in modern standards provide a gross approximation of the load bearing resistance of such columns in which the eccentricity is ignored and in order to compensate for this the yield stress and modulus of elasticity are to be determined at maximum temperature.

It can be used to provide a gross approximation of the prestige of journals in which individuals have been published, but is best done in conjunction with other considerations such as peer review, productivity, and subject specialty citation.

While this is a gross approximation of transmission, clearly transmission remains a substantial cause of incident MDR-TB cases in this setting.

However, incomplete knowledge of PQ's active metabolites and their pharmacokinetic profiles means that our model of PQ's killing action is only a gross approximation, and further refinement will be necessary as we learn more about PQ.

We start with software and physical phantoms, which are user-definable and easy to manipulate, but are gross approximations of the in vivo brain.

Thirdly, we should also consider that the discrete lifestyle categories in which we have classified our population samples (pastoralists, farmers or agro-pastoralists) are rather gross approximations of much more complex subsistence strategies.

It felt possible to outline — if only a crude, gross approximation — the consciousness of a waking animal.

This is clearly likely to be a fairly gross approximation, but it is necessary to enable the model to be parameterized; its justification will thus be in the empirical validity and usefulness of the model.

The net-to-gross ratio provides an approximation of the reservoir quality and might be an indicator of the productive geobodies' connectivity.

Before the eviction, the UN Park was less a shanty town than an approximation of a suburb.

"A GROSS abuse of government power".