interpolation

noun interpolations

1. countable, uncountable An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
2. countable, uncountable The process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
3. countable, uncountable The process of interpolating: including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program. In Perl, variable interpolation happens in double-quoted strings and patterns, and list interpolation occurs when constructing the list of values to pass to a list operator or other such construct that takes a LIST.

   Similar: transclusion

4. countable, uncountable That which is introduced or inserted; in contexts of content analysis of centuries-old texts, especially something foreign or spurious. Today a widely established convention encloses all editorial interpolations in square brackets [like so] for clarity.
5. countable, euphemistic, uncountable The use of a melody from a previously recorded song, but recreated rather than sampled from that recording. The melody itself is an interpolation of "The Streets of Cairo," an Orientalist Tin Pan Alley song originally published in 1895.