interpolation
IPA: ɪtˈɝpʌɫeɪʃʌn
noun
- (music) An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
- (mathematics, sciences) 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.
- (editing, content analysis) That which is introduced or inserted; in contexts of content analysis of centuries-old texts, especially something foreign or spurious.
- (music) The use of a melody from a previously recorded song, but recreated rather than sampled from that recording.
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Examples of "interpolation" in Sentences
- Suppose that the interpolation polynomial is in the form.
- Note that the above has the form of a linear interpolation.
- An interpolation is performed for the outputs of the digital memory.
- The circles are the samples and the polygon is a linear interpolation.
- The authors did extensive investigation into the spline interpolation.
- The accuracy of the results is improved by elimination of interpolation.
- The bit about the oceans looks to be an interpolation by the press office.
- In Interpolation, I inserted the formulae just before the examples section.
- The lead was confusing the interpolation formula with the sampling theorem.
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