extrapolate en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English (inter)polate English extrapolate From extra- + (inter)polate.
Meanings
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(transitive) 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 you see is what you get[…]
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
- (transitive) 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
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| extrapolated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| extrapolated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| extrapolates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| extrapolating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Antonyms
interpolate (antonym(s) of “mathematics”)
Deriveds
extrapolative · misextrapolate · extrapolatory · overextrapolate · extrapolator · extrapolation · unextrapolated · extrapolatable · nonextrapolated · misextrapolation
Relateds
Translations (38)
uk екстраполюва́ти (to infer by extending known information) · da ekstrapolere (to infer by extending known information) · it estrapolare (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · de extrapolieren (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · ro extrapola (to infer by extending known information) · de hochrechnen (to infer by extending known information) · pt extrapolar (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · pl ekstrapolować (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · cmn 外推 (to infer by extending known information) · de erschließen (to infer by extending known information) · cs extrapolovat (to infer by extending known information) · ru экстраполи́ровать (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · da ekstrapolere (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · hu extrapolál (to infer by extending known information) · cs extrapolovat (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · ga eachtarshuigh (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · fr extrapoler (to infer by extending known information) · uk екстраполюва́ти (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · kk экстраполяциялау (to infer by extending known information) · fr extrapoler (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · de extrapolieren (to infer by extending known information) · fi ekstrapoloida (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · ru экстраполи́ровать (to infer by extending known information) · cmn 外推 (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · fi yleistää (to infer by extending known information) · pt extrapolar (to infer by extending known information) · pl ekstrapolować (to infer by extending known information) · gl extrapolar (to infer by extending known information) · sh ekstrapolírati (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · mk екстраполира (to infer by extending known information) · ga eachtarshuigh (to infer by extending known information) · tl iduklay (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · es extrapolar (to infer by extending known information) · ca extrapolar (to infer by extending known information) · kk экстраполяциялау (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range) · it estrapolare (to infer by extending known information) · sh ekstrapolírati (to infer by extending known information) · sv extrapolera (to estimate the value of a variable outside a known range)