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INTERPOLATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does interpolation mean?
• INTERPOLATION (noun)
The noun INTERPOLATION has 3 senses:
1. a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
2. (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known
3. the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
Familiarity information: INTERPOLATION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
insertion; interpolation
Context example:
with many insertions in the margins
Hypernyms ("interpolation" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Derivation:
interpolate (insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("interpolation" is a kind of...):
calculation; computation; figuring; reckoning (problem solving that involves numbers or quantities)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Derivation:
interpolate (estimate the value of)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
interjection; interpellation; interpolation; interposition
Hypernyms ("interpolation" is a kind of...):
break; disruption; gap; interruption (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity)
Derivation:
interpolate (insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby)
Context examples
Interpolation: A method of imputation involving a missing value that is between known values and is estimated by a function of those known values.
(Interpolation Imputation Technique, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A shape distortion in the z-axis resulting from the weighting function used in the helical interpolation algorithm.
(Helical Interpolation Artifact, NCI Thesaurus)
The technique used, called sub-sampling by interpolation, only acts to remove the pixelisation and make a smoother image, and it is important to note that the comet's surface features won't be as smooth as the processing implies.
(Rosetta Comet May Be a Contact Binary, NASA)
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