INTERPOLATE


Meaning of INTERPOLATE in English

[in.ter.po.late] vb -lat.ed ; -lat.ing [L interpolatus, pp. of interpolare to refurbish, alter, interpolate, fr. inter- + -polare (fr. polire to polish)] vt (1612) 1 a: to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter b: to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation

2: to insert between other things or parts: intercalate

3: to estimate values of (a function) between two known values ~ vi: to make insertions (as of estimated values) syn see introduce -- in.ter.po.la.tion n -- in.ter.po.la.tive adj -- in.ter.po.la.tor n

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