extrapolation
See also: Extrapolation
English edit
Etymology edit
Morphologically extrapolate + -ion
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
extrapolation (countable and uncountable, plural extrapolations)
- (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
- An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.
- 2018, Suzannah Weiss, The Establishment, What A Fake ‘Female Orgasm’ Statistic Says About Gender Bias[1]:
- 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.
- (music) The diametric opposite of interpolation.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
calculation of an estimate
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inference
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French edit
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Noun edit
extrapolation f (plural extrapolations)
Further reading edit
- “extrapolation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish edit
Noun edit
extrapolation c
- an extrapolation; inference of a hypothetical situation.
Declension edit
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | extrapolation | extrapolationen | extrapolationer | extrapolationerna |
Genitive | extrapolations | extrapolationens | extrapolationers | extrapolationernas |