EXTRAPOLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does extrapolate mean? 

• EXTRAPOLATE (verb)
  The verb EXTRAPOLATE has 3 senses:

1. draw from specific cases for more general cases

2. estimate the value of

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

  Familiarity information: EXTRAPOLATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTRAPOLATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they extrapolate    ... he / she / it extrapolates   
Past simple: extrapolated   
Past participle: extrapolated   
-ing form: extrapolating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Draw from specific cases for more general cases

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

extrapolate; generalise; generalize; infer

Hypernyms (to "extrapolate" is one way to...):

conclude; reason; reason out (decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extrapolate"):

overgeneralise; overgeneralize (draw too general a conclusion)

universalise; universalize (make universal)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Estimate the value of

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

extrapolate; interpolate

Hypernyms (to "extrapolate" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "extrapolate" is one way to...):

deduce; deduct; derive; infer (reason by deduction; establish by deduction)

Domain category:

logic; logical system; system of logic (a system of reasoning)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

The percentage of the area under the curve (AUC) extrapolated to infinity observed from Tlast to infinity.

(Observed Area Under the Curve Percent Extrapolation, NCI Thesaurus)

The percentage of the area under the curve (AUC) extrapolated to infinity that was due to back extrapolation to estimate concentration at time zero, based upon observed values.

(Observed Area Under the Curve Percent Back Extrapolation, NCI Thesaurus)

The area under the first moment curve (AUMC) extrapolated to infinity, based on the last observed concentration.

(Observed Area Under the First Moment Curve Infinity, NCI Thesaurus)

The area under the moment curve (AUMC) extrapolated to infinity, calculated using the observed value of the last non-zero concentration.

(Observed Area Under the First Moment Curve Infinity, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The area under the moment curve (AUMC) from the last observed non-zero concentration value to infinity as a percentage of the area under the moment curve extrapolated to infinity.

(Observed Area Under the First Moment Curve Percent Extrapolation, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The percent of the observed area under the first moment curve (AUMC) that is extrapolated to infinity.

(Observed Area Under the First Moment Curve Percent Extrapolation, NCI Thesaurus)

The area under the curve (AUC) extrapolated to infinity from dosing time, based on the last observed concentration.

(Observed Area Under the Curve Infinity, NCI Thesaurus)

The area under the moment curve (AUMC) extrapolated to infinity, calculated using the observed value of the last non-zero concentration, divided by the weight.

(AUMC Infinity Observed Normalized by Weight, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The area under the moment curve (AUMC) extrapolated to infinity, calculated using the observed value of the last non-zero concentration, divided by the dose.

(AUMC Infinity Observed Normalized by Dose, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The area under the first moment curve (AUMC) extrapolated to infinity, based on the last observed concentration divided by the dose.

(AUMC Infinity Observed Normalized by Dose, NCI Thesaurus)