Sentence examples for can only approximate from inspiring English sources

A dialysis unit looks precise and powerful, but it can only approximate the intricate function of a human kidney.

Rau's principal task is to perform – very exquisitely – the kung fu sequences that Patel can only approximate.

But it is clear that we value autonomy of decision, even if we can only approximate the ideal.

So, he made sure I remembered that models can only approximate the infinite complexity of natural systems.

Nonrational B-spline surfaces can only approximate the conic surfaces, whereas NURBS can reproduce them exactly.

Readers who do not speak Spanish can only approximate the linguistic blend as they follow the written text.

RPPL can only well approximate the stress-strain characteristic of metal foams with low strain hardening.

Analysis of a "run-off" accident requires a knowledge of the physical properties of the soil, otherwise any evaluation can only be approximate.

One thing that is agreed is that these algorithms can only return approximate models since data cannot be revisited to fine-tune the models [7], hence the need for incremental learning.

It is because the sequence in question is indeed indefinitely extended, and thus has no finite endpoint, that Kant views absolute space, in the end, as an idea of reason: a forever unreachable regulative ideal that we can only successively approximate but never fully realize.

It can only provide approximate estimates of relative risk.