Sentence examples for approximate understanding from inspiring English sources

The starting point of the meeting was the proposition that we know certain psychological treatments work, but we have only an approximate understanding of why they work.

We assume that agents have only an approximate understanding of the workings of the economy and that their learning the reduced forms of the economy is subject to potentially destabilizing perturbations.

Design and construction of underground structures are usually being performed based on an approximate understanding of geotechnical parameters, which are essential for selection of construction method and support system.

There may be constraints on the types of funding that a faculty advisor can use to help support a SAFE internships; an approximate understanding is that the funding source must be such that an internship that is for the benefit of the student is an eligible expense.

In many cases, it is necessary to realize design and begin the construction of underground works with only an approximate understanding of the geomechanical parameters of the rock mass that are necessary for a correct definition of the construction technique and of the support structures.

This approach what Popkin calls the via media of Gassendi, the 'constructive' skepticist suggests a practicable if approximate understanding of the world is within our grasp.

While none of the three related themes corresponds exactly with the current definitions of overdiagnosis being debated within the scientific community, they can be seen to approximate an understanding of the problem of an unnecessary and unhelpful diagnosis.

The lab will be working on robotics vision systems that are designed to help the next-gen of robots not only see things the way that humans do, but also process that visual information in a manner that better approximates human understanding.

This inoculating dose was used since it approximates our understanding of the infective dose instilled into the skin by mosquito injection (Bente and Rico-Hesse, 2006).

Firstly, a model which closely approximates our current understanding of the spatial and architectural nature of tumours provides us with a platform to further our understanding of the importance and implications of these interdependent structures.

This is, I think, the context for understanding an approximate political endorsement by a German chancellor of a non-announced candidate for president.