extrapolate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To infer by extending known information.
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

/ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/ /ɪk-/ en-us-extrapolate.ogg /ekˈstɹæp.əˌlæɪt/ en-au-extrapolate.ogg /ekʂʈrɑ poleːʈ/ /ekʂʈræːpoleːʈ/

extrapolate extrapolates extrapolating extrapolated

From extra- + (inter)polate.

interpolate

expound

extrapolatable extrapolation extrapolative extrapolator extrapolatory misextrapolate misextrapolation nonextrapolated overextrapolate unextrapolated

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