Approximate
Approximate adjective - Being such only when compared to something else.
Next and approximate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Next" instead an adjective "Approximate".
Next
Next adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.
Approximate and next are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approximate" instead an adjective "Next".
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- And then there's the Leviathan, a mysterious and really freaking hugenote approximate mass: 100 billion suns, approximate size: 10 light-years across object that has made contact with the Triangulum Galaxy, and is probably heading to the Milky Way next.
- In Star Trek: The Next Generation they would visually "cheat" the image by pulling out only part way, then cut to the approximate area of the ship.
Source: Epic Tracking Shot - In Star Trek: The Next Generation, the stardates became more consistent, with the format "4XYZA.B" where number X was the same as the season of the shownote for example, the first episode of the show is set on Stardate 41153.7 — therefore 1000 stardates would approximate an Earth year.
Source: Universal Universe Time
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