extrapolate
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extrapolate
- /ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/ UK, US
- /ɪk-/ UK, US
- /ekˈstɹæp.əˌlæɪt/ Australia
verb extrapolates · extrapolating · extrapolated
- To infer by extending known information. With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what
- 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
Opposite: interpolate
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verb
Opposite: interpolate
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verb to infer by extending known information
| Español | extrapolar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 外推 wàituī |
| Português | extrapolar |
| Français | extrapoler |
| Deutsch | extrapolieren, erschließen, hochrechnen |
| Italiano | estrapolare |
| Română | extrapola |
| Русский | экстраполи́ровать ekstrapolírovatʹ |
verb to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range
| 中文 | 外推 wàituī |
|---|---|
| Português | extrapolar |
| Français | extrapoler |
| Deutsch | extrapolieren |
| Italiano | estrapolare |
| Русский | экстраполи́ровать ekstrapolírovatʹ |
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title = {extrapolate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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