# \approx

The ≈ symbol (Almost equal to, U+2248), written as \approx in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/approx

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/relations) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ≈ |
| Unicode | U+2248 ALMOST EQUAL TO |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\approx
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

1.10% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 63 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2248 (ALMOST EQUAL TO).