extrapolation
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English
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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
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[edit]Translations
[edit]calculation of an estimate
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inference
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French
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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]| Declension of extrapolation | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | extrapolation | extrapolationen | extrapolationer | extrapolationerna |
| Genitive | extrapolations | extrapolationens | extrapolationers | extrapolationernas |
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