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Webster 1913 Edition
Interpolation
In-terˊpo-la′tion
,Noun.
[L.
interpolatio
an alteration made here and there: cf. F. interpolation
.] 1.
The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially that which is spurious or foreign.
2.
That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.
Bentley wrote a letter . . . . upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered
interpolations
from a later hand. De Quincey.
3.
(Math.)
The method or operation of finding from a few given terms of a series, as of numbers or observations, other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of the series.
Webster 1828 Edition
Interpolation
INTERPOLA'TION
,Noun.
1.
A spurious word or passage inserted in the genuine writings of an author. I have changed the situation of some of the Latin verses, and made some interpolations.
2.
In mathematics, that branch of analysis, which treats of the methods by which, when a series of quantities succeeding each other, and formed all according to some determinate law, are given, others subject to the same law may be interposed between them.Definition 2024
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English
A linear interpolation
A smooth interpolation
Noun
interpolation (plural interpolations)
- (music) An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
- (mathematics, sciences) The process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
- (computing) The process of including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program; see interpolate.
- That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.
- Bentley wrote a letter […] upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered interpolations from a later hand. — De Quincey.
Related terms
Synonyms
- (including and processing externally-fetched data): transclusion
Translations
music: abrupt change in elements
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math, science: process of estimating the value of a function
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computing: process of including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program
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