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extrapolation

noun
/ɛkˌstɹæp.əˈleɪ.ʃən/UK

Etymology

Morphologically extrapolate + -ion

  1. borrowed from interpolātus
  2. prefixed as extrapolate — “extra + interpolate”
  3. suffixed as extrapolation — “extrapolate + ion”

Definitions

  1. A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known…

    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.

    • Casting further doubt on Kerner’s extrapolations from Gebhard’s data, it’s unclear what happened during those 21 minutes of foreplay. Blow jobs? Kissing? Role-playing? We don’t know.

  3. The diametric opposite of interpolation.

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Derived

misextrapolation, nonextrapolation, overextrapolation, underextrapolation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at extrapolation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at extrapolation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at extrapolation

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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