extrapolation

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

extrapolation (plural extrapolations)

1. (mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
2. An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.

Translations

calculation of an estimate

• Armenian: արտարկում (hy) (artarkum), էքստրապոլյացիա (hy) (ēkʿstrapolyacʿia)
• Czech: extrapolace (cs) f
• Dutch: extrapolatie (nl) f
• Finnish: ekstrapolaatio (fi)
• French: extrapolation (fr) f
• German: Extrapolation (de) f
• Hungarian: extrapoláció (hu)

• Irish: eachtarshuíomh (ga) m
• Italian: estrapolazione (it) f
• Japanese: 外挿 (ja) (がいそう, gaisō)
• Polish: ekstrapolacja (pl) f
• Russian: экстраполяция (ru) (ekstrapol'ácija) f
• Spanish: extrapolación (es) f
• Swedish: extrapolering (sv) c

inference

• Czech: extrapolace (cs) f
• Dutch: extrapolatie (nl) f
• Finnish: ekstrapolaatio (fi)

• German: Extrapolation (de) f
• Italian: estrapolazione (it)
• Swedish: extrapolation (sv) c

Related terms

• interpolation

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French

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Noun

extrapolation f (plural extrapolations)

1. extrapolation

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Swedish

Noun

extrapolation c

1. an extrapolation; inference of a hypothetical situation.

Declension

Declension of extrapolation

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	extrapolation	extrapolationen	extrapolationer	extrapolationerna
genitive	extrapolations	extrapolationens	extrapolationers	extrapolationernas

See also

• extrapolera
• extrapolering