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English
Etymology
Morphologically extrapolate + -ion
Pronunciation
Noun
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: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
Translations
calculation of an estimate
French
Pronunciation
Noun
extrapolation f (plural extrapolations)
- extrapolation
Further reading
Swedish
Noun
extrapolation c
- an extrapolation; inference of a hypothetical situation.
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