extrapolate — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To infer by extending known information.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]

2. 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

   Uso

   • transitivo

Verbo

1. draw from specific cases for more general cases

   Sinonimi

   generalizegeneraliseinfer

   Termini più generali

   reasonreason outconclude

2. estimate the value of something based on known values

   Sinonimi

   interpolate

   Termini più generali

   calculateciphercyphercomputework outreckonfigure

3. gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating

   Termini più generali

   deduceinferdeductderive