"extrapolation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: extrapolations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Morphologically extrapolate + -ion Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|extrapolate|ion}} extrapolate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} extrapolation (countable and uncountable, plural extrapolations)
  1. (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (calculation of an estimate): արտարկում (artarkum) (Armenian), էքստրապոլյացիա (ēkʿstrapolyacʿia) (Armenian), 延拓 (yántuò) (Chinese Mandarin), extrapolace [feminine] (Czech), extrapolatie [feminine] (Dutch), ekstrapolaatio (Finnish), extrapolation [feminine] (French), extrapolación [feminine] (Galician), Extrapolation [feminine] (German), Hochrechnung [feminine] (German), extrapoláció (Hungarian), ekstrapolasi (Indonesian), eachtarshuíomh [masculine] (Irish), estrapolazione [feminine] (Italian), 外挿 (gaisō) (alt: がいそう) (Japanese), ekstrapolacja [feminine] (Polish), extrapolação [feminine] (Portuguese), extrapolare [feminine] (Romanian), экстраполя́ция (ekstrapoljácija) [feminine] (Russian), extrapolación [feminine] (Spanish), extrapolering [common-gender] (Swedish), การประมาณค่านอกช่วง (Thai)
    Sense id: en-extrapolation-en-noun-SZHARwQ1 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'calculation of an estimate': 86 7 7
  2. An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (inference): παρεκβολή (parekbolḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), extrapolace [feminine] (Czech), extrapolatie [feminine] (Dutch), ekstrapolaatio (Finnish), Extrapolation [feminine] (German), ekstrapolasi (Indonesian), estrapolazione (Italian), extrapolação [feminine] (Portuguese), extrapolation [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-extrapolation-en-noun-wXaJylGH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 70 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 22 72 5 Disambiguation of 'inference': 7 90 4
  3. (music) The diametric opposite of interpolation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-extrapolation-en-noun-LE3XsYKa Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonextrapolation, overextrapolation, underextrapolation Related terms: extrapolative, extrapolatory, interpolation

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "inference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "extrapolace"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "inference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "extrapolatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inference",
      "word": "ekstrapolaatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Extrapolation"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "parekbolḗ",
      "sense": "inference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "παρεκβολή"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "inference",
      "word": "ekstrapolasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inference",
      "word": "estrapolazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "extrapolação"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inference",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "extrapolation"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "extrapolation"
  ],
  "word": "extrapolation"
}

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