interpolate
English
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)
- (mathematics) To estimate the value of a function between two points between which it is tabulated.
- (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.
- 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
- Joseph F. Ossanna, Nroff/Troff User's manual
- (transitive, intransitive) To introduce (material) to change the meaning of or falsify a text.
Synonyms
- (process fetched data in-line): transclude
Related terms
Translations
to estimate the value of a function
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to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data
to introduce material to change the meaning of or falsify a text
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Italian
Verb
interpolate
- second-person plural present indicative of interpolare
- second-person plural imperative of interpolare
- Feminine plural of interpolato