interpolation

See also Interpolation

English

A linear interpolation

A smooth interpolation

Etymology

Latin interpolatio an alteration made here and there: compare French interpolation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

interpolation (plural interpolations)

1. (music) An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
2. (mathematics, sciences) the process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
3. (computing) The process of including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program; see interpolate.
4. That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.

   Bentley wrote a letter […] upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered interpolations from a later hand. — De Quincey.

Related terms

• interpolate

Synonyms

• (including and processing externally-fetched data): transclusion

Translations

music: abrupt change in elements

• Finnish: interpolaatio (fi)

• Russian: интерполяция (ru) (intɛrpoljácija) f

math, science: process of estimating the value of a function

• Finnish: interpolointi (fi)
• German: Interpolation (de) f
• Italian: interpolazione (it) f

• Russian: интерполяция (ru) (intɛrpoljácija) f
• Spanish: interpolación (es) f
• Swedish: interpolation (sv) c

computing: process of including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program

• Russian: интерполяция (ru) (intɛrpoljácija) f

that which is introduced or inserted

• Finnish: lisäys (fi)

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• Chinese

  Mandarin: 插值 (cmn) (chazhi)

• Czech: interpolace (cs) f
• Dutch: interpolatie (nl) (2)

• Hungarian: interpoláció (hu)
• Japanese: 内挿 (ja) (ないそう, naisō), 補間 (ja) (ほかん, hokan)