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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 French interpolation, from Latin interpolatio.Morphologically interpolate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t??(?)p??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

interpolation (countable and uncountable, plural interpolations)

1. (music) An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
2. (mathematics, sciences) The process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
3. (computing) The process of including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program; see interpolate.
4. That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.
   • 1830, Thomas De Quincey, Life of Richard Bentley

     Bentley wrote a letter […] upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered interpolations from a later hand.

Synonyms

• (including and processing externally-fetched data): transclusion

Related terms

• interpolate
• interpolary

Derived terms

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