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Interpolation

Interpolation Meaning & Definition
Interpolation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Interpolation?

[n] the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
[n] (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known
[n] a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Interpolation: insertion | interjection | interpellation | interposition

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See Also | break | calculation | computation | content | disruption | figuring | gap | interruption | message | reckoning | subject matter | substance

Interpolation In Webster's Dictionary

\In*ter`po*la"tion\, n. [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.) 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.
f(x) ~ f(x1) + (f(x2) - f(x1))(x-x1)/(x2 - x1)

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