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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•po•la•tion (in tûr′pə lā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act or process of interpolating or the state of being interpolated.
- something interpolated, as a passage introduced into a text.
- Mathematics
- the process of determining the value of a function between two points at which it has prescribed values.
- a similar process using more than two points at which the function has prescribed values.
- the process of approximating a given function by using its values at a discrete set of points.
- Latin interpolātiōn- (stem of interpolātiō). See interpolate, -ion
- 1605–15
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•po•late /ɪnˈtɜrpəˌleɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -lat•ed, -lat•ing. - to introduce (something additional or extra) between other things or parts; insert;
interject; interpose:to interpolate an unwanted comment. in•ter•po•la•tion /ɪnˌtɜrpəˈleɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•ter•po•late (in tûr′pə lāt′),USA pronunciation v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. v.t. - to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject;
interpose; intercalate. - Mathematicsto insert, estimate, or find an intermediate term in (a sequence).
- to alter (a text) by the insertion of new matter, esp. deceptively or without authorization.
- to insert (new or spurious matter) in this manner.
v.i. - to make an interpolation.
- Latin interpolātus past participle of interpolāre to make new, refurbish, touch up, equivalent. to inter- inter- + -polā- verb, verbal stem (akin to polīre to polish) + -tus past participle suffix
- 1605–15
in•ter•po•la•ble (in tûr′pə lə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. in•ter′po•lat′er, in•ter′po•la′tor, n. in•ter•po•la•to•ry (in tûr′pə lə tôr′ē, -tōr′ē),USA pronunciation in•ter′po•la′tive, adj. in•ter′po•la′tive•ly, adv. |