different between interpolate vs interpellate

English

Etymology

From Latin interpolare, Latin interpolatum, from inter (“between”) and polire (“to polish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n.?t??.p?.?le?t/
• Homophone: interpellate (some pronunciations)

Verb

interpolate (third-person singular simple present interpolates, present participle interpolating, simple past and past participle interpolated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.

   in verse 74, the second line is clearly interpolated

2. (mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two tabulated points.
3. (computing) During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data.
   • 2007, Joseph F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff User's manual

     A macro is invoked in the same way as a request; a control line beginning .xx will interpolate the contents of macro xx.

   • 2000, Wall, Christiansen, and Orwant, Programming Perl, 3rd Edition, p. 992.

     In Perl, variable interpolation happens in double-quoted strings and patterns, and list interpolation occurs when constructing the list of values to pass to a list operator or other such construct that takes a LIST.

Synonyms

• (process fetched data in-line): transclude

Related terms

• extrapolate
• interpolation

Translations

Italian

Verb

interpolate

1. second-person plural present indicative of interpolare
2. second-person plural imperative of interpolare
3. feminine plural of interpolato

Latin

Verb

interpol?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of interpol?

English

Etymology

From Latin interpell?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.t??.?p?l.e?t/, /?n.?t??.p?.?le?t/
• Homophone: interpolate (some pronunciations)

Verb

interpellate (third-person singular simple present interpellates, present participle interpellating, simple past and past participle interpellated)

1. (obsolete) To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something).
2. (philosophy) To address (a person) in a way that presupposes a particular identification of them; to give (a person) an identity (which may or may not be accurate).
   • 1996, The Cambridge History of American Literature, volume 8, Poetry and criticism, 1940-1995 (edited by Sacvan Bercovitch), page 408:

     […] a Master of Ceremonies' words "Ladies and gentlemen" […] interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.

   • 2002, Marianne Jørgensen, Louise J. Phillips, Discourse Analysis As Theory and Method, page 41:

     […] the question may be whether the individual should let herself be interpellated as a feminist, a Christian or a worker. Perhaps all of these possibilities seem attractive, but they point in different directions […]

   • 2009, Samia Bazzi, Arab News and Conflict: A Multidisciplinary Discourse Study:

     […] whereas the Palestinian subjects are interpellated as: the martyr... a young Palestinian... a Palestinian teenager.

3. (transitive, chiefly politics) To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business.

Derived terms

• interpellator
• interpellation

Translations

See also

• interpolate
• interpel

Anagrams

• pantellerite

Italian

Verb

interpellate

1. second-person plural present indicative of interpellare
2. second-person plural imperative of interpellare
3. feminine plural of interpellato

Latin

Verb

interpell?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of interpell?