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extrapolate

verb
/ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/UK/ekˈstɹæp.əˌlæɪt/

Etymology

From extra- + (inter)polate.

  1. borrowed from interpolātus
  2. prefixed as extrapolate — “extra + interpolate”

Definitions

  1. To infer by extending known information.

  2. To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range…

    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

The neighborhood

Derived

extrapolatable, extrapolation, extrapolative, extrapolator, extrapolatory, misextrapolate, misextrapolation, nonextrapolated, overextrapolate, unextrapolated

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for extrapolate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA