different between extrapolation vs extrapolate

English

Etymology

From extrapolate +? -ationMorphologically extrapolate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

extrapolation (countable and uncountable, plural extrapolations)

1. (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
2. An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.
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3. (music) The diametric opposite of interpolation.

Derived terms

• nonextrapolation
• overextrapolation
• underextrapolation

Related terms

• extrapolative
• extrapolatory
• interpolation

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

extrapolation f (plural extrapolations)

1. extrapolation

Further reading

• “extrapolation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Noun

extrapolation c

1. an extrapolation; inference of a hypothetical situation.

Declension

See also

• extrapolera
• extrapolering

English

Etymology

From extra- +? (inter)polate.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?k?st?æp.??le?t/, /?k-/

Verb

extrapolate (third-person singular simple present extrapolates, present participle extrapolating, simple past and past participle extrapolated)

1. (transitive) To infer by extending known information.
2. (transitive, mathematics) To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones

Antonyms

• (mathematics): interpolate

Related terms

• extrapolation
• extrapolator
• extrapolative

See also

• expound (upon)

Translations