Interpolation vs Extrapolation - What's the difference?
interpolation | extrapolation | Related terms |
(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.
(mathematics) A calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.
An inference about some hypothetical situation based on known facts.
Extrapolation is a related term of interpolation.
As nouns the difference between interpolation and extrapolation
is that interpolation is an abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea while extrapolation is a calculation of an estimate of the value of some function outside the range of known values.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.
