Interpolation vs Approximate - What's the difference?
interpolation | approximate |
(music) An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
(mathematics, science) the process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
(computing) The process of including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program; see interpolate.
That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
Near correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
To come near to; to approach.
To estimate.
As a noun interpolation
is interpolation.As an adjective approximate is
approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.As a verb approximate is
to carry or advance near; to cause to approach.interpolation
English
Noun
(en noun)- Bentley wrote a letter upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered interpolations from a later hand. — De Quincey.
Synonyms
* (including and processing externally-fetched data) transclusionapproximate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Approximate results or values.
- To help carry out its mission, NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.
Antonyms
* exact, preciseDerived terms
() * approximately * approximation * approximativeVerb
(approximat)- To approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature. --Burke.
- The telescope approximates perfection. --J. Morse.
Quotations
When you follow two separate chains of thought, Watson, you will find some point of intersection which should approximate to the truth.
— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax