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
- This interpolation is considerably longerone hundred and seven words.
- I don't know how, other than brute force interpolation which is too labor intensive, to do that.
- The Genshi expression interpolation syntax is supported outside tags and inside static attributes:
- Also, they are widely used in other mathematical studies, such as interpolation and approximation.
- I normally tell people about the resize options (called interpolation algorithms) and then point out that Adobe ships 17 choices.
- [It does this in two senses of the word interpolation: it adds false conception-making on top of the basis and adds there as well what this false conception-making interpolates.
- _Crosstree_; let something catching be substituted for most of the music of the First Act, -- specially omitting the "Why, certainly!" interpolation, which is a feeble but evident imitation of Mr. W.S. GILBERT's classic "What, never?"
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