extrapolation — Dicionário de inglês

Substantivo

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

   Uso

   • contável
   • incontável

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

   Uso

   • contável
   • incontável

   Exemplos

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   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

   • contável
   • incontável

Substantivo

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

   Termos mais gerais

   calculationcomputationfiguringreckoning

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

   Termos mais gerais

   inferenceillation