— interpretational , adj.
/in terr'pri tay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation.
2. an explanation of the meaning of another's artistic or creative work; an elucidation: an interpretation of a poem.
3. a conception of another's behavior: a charitable interpretation of his tactlessness.
4. a way of interpreting.
5. the rendering of a dramatic part, music, etc., so as to bring out the meaning, or to indicate one's particular conception of it.
6. oral translation.
[ 1250-1300; ME interpretation- (s. of interpretatio ). See INTERPRET, -ATION ]