He paced for a while, then tried to take approximate measure of his cell.

The class designation is an approximate measure of the CT's accuracy.

The assessment provides an approximate measure of each students' reading level.

Although the method described above provides useful objective information concerning the performance of a VAD, it is only an approximate measure of the subjective effect.

The light-month, roughly one-twelfth of a light-year, is also used occasionally for approximate measures.

A good approximate measure of profitability is the gross margin.

It's an approximate measure of the elasticity of uncertainty relative to the convergence of price.

The only approximate measure is the number of illegal aliens apprehended by the Border Patrol.

Informal fractions, especially 'half', are frequently used as approximate measures in incidental discussion.

It can therefore be used for approximate measures on a meridian as change of latitude on a nautical chart.