different between interpolate vs spatchcock

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

Related to spitchcock (“to split and broil an eel”), of uncertain origin. Possibly a corruption of dispatch + cock.

Noun

spatchcock (plural spatchcocks)

1. Chicken meat when prepared by spatchcocking. (See below.)
2. A rushed effort.

Verb

spatchcock (third-person singular simple present spatchcocks, present participle spatchcocking, simple past and past participle spatchcocked)

1. To cut poultry along the spine and spread the halves apart, for more even cooking when grilled.

   spatchcocked chicken

2. To interpolate, insert or sandwich (in or into)
   • 1922, Joyce, Ulysses, chapter 9

     Why is the underplot of King Lear in which Edmund figures lifted out of Sidney's Arcadia and spatchcocked on to a Celtic legend older than history?

3. To prepare in haste.

Synonyms

• (prepare chicken): frog

Derived terms

• spatchcocking (n.)
• spatchcocked (adj.)
• spatchcock (n.)

See also

• butterfly
• spitchcock