extrapolableadj.
/ɛkˈstrapələb(ə)l/ Capable of being extrapolated.
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1940 A. J. Ayer Found. Empirical Knowl. iv. 224 Correlating the sense-datum with other sense-data, in such a way as to make its occurrence inferrible by the use of extrapolable laws.
1964 Amer. Philos. Q. 1 264/2 This merely makes the word ‘extrapolable’ bear the whole unanalyzed problem of induction.
1984 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 9 Apr. 88/2 This..law was..determined by experiments carried out under quite different conditions, thus guaranteeing its extrapolable nature on the Bousseus test loop.
Derivatives
exˌtrapolaˈbility n. the quality or state of being extrapolable.
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1968 Science 1 Mar. 935/1 Obviously the degree of extrapolability from evidence or crafts extant today must vary enormously from case to case.
exˈtrapolatable adj.
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1956 J. S. Bruner et al. Study of Thinking iii. 56 It makes a vast difference in behavior whether he is ‘set’ to find out the extrapolatable properties of the class of people who are influential.
1985 Oil & Gas Jrnl. 11 Feb. 84/1 There is no reason why extrapolatable data cannot be used.
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