extrapolation — Diccionario de inglés

Sustantivo

1. A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

2. An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

   Ejemplos

   Más ejemplos (1)

   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.

3. The diametric opposite of interpolation.

   Uso

   • contable
   • no contable

Sustantivo

1. (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values

   Términos más generales

   calculationcomputationfiguringreckoning

2. an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations

   Términos más generales

   inferenceillation