Definitions for extrapolateɪkˈstræp əˌleɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ex•trap•o•lateɪkˈstræp əˌleɪt(v.)-lat•ed, -lat•ing.
(v.t.)to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture.
to estimate (the value of a statistical variable) outside the tabulated or observed range.
Category: Statistics
Math. to estimate (a function that is known over a range of values of its independent variable) to values outside the known range.
Category: Math
(v.i.)to perform extrapolation.
Category: Math
Origin of extrapolate:
1825–35; extra - + (inter )polate
ex•trap′o•la`tor(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
generalize, generalise, extrapolate, infer(verb)
draw from specific cases for more general cases
interpolate, extrapolate(verb)
estimate the value of
extrapolate(verb)
gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating
Wiktionary
extrapolate(Verb)
To infer by extending known information.
extrapolate(Verb)
To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones
Origin: From extra + (inter)polate
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