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Free sign upThe phrase "almost equal to a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in mathematical or comparative contexts where you want to indicate that one value is very close to another but not exactly the same.
Example: "The result of the calculation is almost equal to a, suggesting that our estimates are quite accurate."
Alternatives: "nearly equivalent to a" or "approximately equal to a".
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It has also been shown that the time cost of a MD simulation will be almost equal to a similar MC simulation, making use of the provided routines.
Figures 1 and 2 show that a 30-year old patient has a risk of death almost equal to a 60-year old patient.
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Stories about them might defy reason but, said Scott, made better reading when left mysterious: "The professed explanation of a tale, where appearances or incidents of a supernatural character are referred to natural causes, has often, in the winding up of a story, a degree of improbability almost equal to an absolute goblin narrative".
"In the use-of-force scale, it's almost equal to using a nightstick".
As the museum noted, their mouths open underwater at a speed almost equal to that of a flying bullet.
But the issue goes beyond pique; as president-elect, Mr. Obama receives a level of Secret Service protection that is almost equal to that of a sitting president.
The probability of an unwelcome fall in inflation has diminished in recent months and now appears almost equal to that of a rise in inflation.
Their statement changed yesterday, saying that "the probability of an unwelcome fall in inflation has diminished in recent months and now appears almost equal to that of a rise in inflation".
The effect of twin fractures on the compressional velocity was almost equal to that of a single fracture which had the same fracture width as the sum of the twin fractures.
The phosphorus content in the film was increased to a level almost equal to that of Fe (corresponding to a FePy composition with 0.85 < y < 0.91) through the selective electrochemical dissolution of Fe and Fe-rich phase from the electroplated film.
Especially, equation (14) of ReVelle (1976) proposed that the shockwave relaxation radius (the propagation distance of the shockwave decay from a strong shock, to a weak shock, regime) R0 is almost equal to the product of a meteoroid diameter and it's Mach number.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com