extrapolation — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (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

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

Sostantivo

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

   Termini più generali

   calculationcomputationfiguringreckoning

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

   Termini più generali

   inferenceillation