interpolate

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɪn.ˈtɜr.pə.ˌleɪt/
  • Homophone: interpellate (some pronunciations)

Verb

interpolate (third-person singular simple present interpolates, present participle interpolating, simple past and past participle interpolated)

  1. (mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two points between which it is tabulated.
  2. (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.
    • 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.
    • Wall, Christiansen, and Orwant, Programming Perl, 3rd Edition, 2000, 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.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To introduce (material) to change the meaning of or falsify a text.

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Italian

Verb

interpolate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of interpolare
  2. second-person plural imperative of interpolare
  3. Feminine plural of interpolato

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Latin

Verb

interpolāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of interpolō
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