Interpolation vs Interpolant - What's the difference?
interpolation | interpolant |
(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.
A point interpolated between others
(mathematics) A function used to generate interpolation
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As nouns the difference between interpolation and interpolant
is that interpolation is interpolation while interpolant is a point interpolated between others.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.