INTERPOLATIONS
Noun
interpolations
plural of interpolation
Source: Wiktionary
INTERPOLATION
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