interpolation
/ɪnˌtɝ.pəˈleɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The process of interpolating: including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
That which is introduced or inserted; in contexts of content analysis of centuries-old texts, especially something foreign or spurious.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The use of a melody from a previously recorded song, but recreated rather than sampled from that recording.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In Perl, variable interpolation happens in double-quoted strings and patterns, and list interpolation occurs when constructing the list of values to pass to a list operator or other such construct that takes a LIST."
- "Today a widely established convention encloses all editorial interpolations in square brackets [like so] for clarity."
- "Bentley wrote a letter […] upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered interpolations from a later hand."
- "We, who are born into the world's artificial system, can never adequately know how little in our present state and circumstances is natural, and how much is merely the interpolation of the perverted mind and heart of man."
- "The melody itself is an interpolation of "The Streets of Cairo," an Orientalist Tin Pan Alley song originally published in 1895."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˌtɝ.pəˈleɪʃən/
- British English: /ɪnˌtɜː.pəˈleɪʃən/