extrapolation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪk-/ (UK, US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɛkˌstɹæp.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ (UK, US)
Etymology
Morphologically extrapolate + -ion
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
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(countable, uncountable) An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.
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.
2018, Suzannah Weiss, The Establishment, What A Fake ‘Female Orgasm’ Statistic Says About Gender Bias:
- (countable, uncountable) The diametric opposite of interpolation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| extrapolations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
overextrapolation · extrapolational · underextrapolation · nonextrapolation · misextrapolation
Relateds
extrapolatory · extrapolative · interpolation
Translations (34)
vi ngoại suy (calculation of an estimate) · ru экстраполя́ция (calculation of an estimate) · de Hochrechnung (calculation of an estimate) · sv extrapolering (calculation of an estimate) · fi ekstrapolaatio (calculation of an estimate) · de Extrapolation (calculation of an estimate) · gl extrapolación (calculation of an estimate) · hy էքստրապոլյացիա (calculation of an estimate) · fi ekstrapolaatio (inference) · de Extrapolation (inference) · cs extrapolace (calculation of an estimate) · th การประมาณค่านอกช่วง (calculation of an estimate) · ca extrapolació (calculation of an estimate) · id ekstrapolasi (inference) · grc παρεκβολή (inference) · hy արտարկում (calculation of an estimate) · es extrapolación (calculation of an estimate) · cs extrapolace (inference) · ro extrapolare (calculation of an estimate) · pl ekstrapolacja (inference) · nl extrapolatie (inference) · id ekstrapolasi (calculation of an estimate) · sv extrapolation (inference) · nl extrapolatie (calculation of an estimate) · it estrapolazione (calculation of an estimate) · cmn 延拓 (calculation of an estimate) · ja 外挿 (calculation of an estimate) · pt extrapolação (calculation of an estimate) · pl ekstrapolacja (calculation of an estimate) · fr extrapolation (calculation of an estimate) · hu extrapoláció (calculation of an estimate) · pt extrapolação (inference) · ga eachtarshuíomh (calculation of an estimate) · it estrapolazione (inference)