"approximand" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1998, International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Volumes 1-3, page 1237",
          "text": "Each shape affects how well F approximates a given approximand and how quickly an adaptive fuzzy system F approximates when learning tunes the parameters of Aⱼ.",
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          "ref": "2000, Royal Society (Great Britain), Wavelets: The Key to Intermittent Information?, page 256",
          "text": "In effect, this result is ideal, as it gives the same rate m) we could hope to obtain by knowing that the underlying approximand was a ridge function in a specific direction […]",
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          "ref": "2012, Moamar Sayed-Mouchaweh, Edwin Lughofer, Learning in Non-Stationary Environments: Methods and Applications, page 275",
          "text": "The key task of approximating with granules is seeking for the tightest envelope for the approximand.",
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        "The solution to function, series, etc. that is to be approximated."
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        "(mathematics) The solution to function, series, etc. that is to be approximated."
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