noun🔗ShareA consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a smooth flow of air. Liquids and glides are approximants."In phonetics class, we learned that the sounds /r/, /l/, /w/, and /j/ are classified as approximants because they involve a smooth, partially open vocal tract. "languagephoneticslinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn approximation to the solution of a function, series, etc."After several iterations, the student found that the successive approximants got closer and closer to the true answer of the complicated math problem. "mathsciencetechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
