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INTERPOLATION
interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation
(noun) the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
interpolation
(noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known
interpolation, insertion
(noun) a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; “with the help of his friend’s interpolations his story was eventually told”; “with many insertions in the margins”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
interpolation (countable and uncountable, plural interpolations)
(music) An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
(mathematics, science) 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.
Synonyms
• (including and processing externally-fetched data): transclusion
Source: Wiktionary
In*ter`po*la"tion, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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