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Interpolant vs Interplant - What's the difference?

interpolant | interplant |

As a noun interpolant

is a point interpolated between others.

As an adjective interplant is

between manufacturing plants or divisions.

As a verb interplant is

to alternate plantings of two or more species.

interpolant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A point interpolated between others
  • (mathematics) A function used to generate interpolation
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    interplant

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (manufacturing) Between manufacturing plants or divisions.
  • * 1935 , Roy C. Ingersoll, "Ring for Packaging," US Patent 2119745 [http://www.google.com/patents?id=-dpIAAAAEBAJ], page 2:
    • In interplant and interdepartmental shipments, it has been found that the cost of packaging is prohibitive where the articles or bodies of merchandise are individually crated or cased.
  • (agriculture) Between plants.
  • * 1977 , Lawrence L. Ingram et al., "Transplanting apparatus," US Patent 4104975, page 8:
    • the patented machine functions to deposit the plants onto the field at only one fixed spatial relationship whereby the machine cannot accommodate different crops and/or different growing conditions wherein different interplant spacings might be required.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (agriculture) To alternate plantings of two or more species.
  • * 1931 , Wendell H. Tisdale, "Insect Repellent," US Patent 2205232 [http://www.google.com/patents?id=JFplAAAAEBAJ], page 4:
    • The most extensive of these field tests was conducted in a 5-acre young apple orchard temporarily interplanted , as is frequently the custom, with peach trees.

    Related terms

    * transplant