interpolate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.
To estimate the value of a function between two tabulated points.
During the course of processing some data, and in response to a directive in that data, to fetch data from a different source and process it in-line along with the original data.

/ɪnˈtɜː.pəˌleɪt/ /ɪnˈtɝ.pəˌleɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-interpolate.wav /ɪnˈtɜː.pəˌlæɪt/

interpolate interpolates interpolating interpolated

From Latin interpolātus, perfect passive participle of interpolō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French interpoler.

transclude

extrapolate interpolation

interpolator interpolatory misinterpolate noninterpolated noninterpolating reinterpolate uninterpolated

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