interpolate

/in'tə:pouleit/

Thân thiện

The historian noticed someone had tried to interpolate a new paragraph into the ancient manuscript.

Definition

1. Verb (Transitive):
   • To insert something, typically words or a remark, into a conversation, text, or sequence.
   • In mathematics and statistics, to estimate an unknown value that lies between two known values.

Usage

• General Use: The verb "interpolate" describes the act of adding something into something else, often where it was not originally present. This can be neutral, but it frequently implies the addition is unauthorized, speculative, or alters the original meaning.
• Mathematical Use: It specifically refers to a method of constructing new data points within the range of a discrete set of known data points.

Examples

• General/Textual Use:
  • The editor decided to interpolate a clarifying paragraph into the ancient manuscript.
  • He interpolated a witty comment into her serious speech.
• Mathematical Use:
  • Using the data from 1990 and 2000, we can interpolate the population for 1995.
  • The software interpolates the missing pixels to create a smoother image.

Advanced Usage

• "to interpolate between": To estimate values that fall within a known range.
  • The graph allows you to interpolate between the marked measurements.
• The related noun is "interpolation".
  • The interpolation of modern slang into the historical dialogue felt anachronistic.
  • Linear interpolation is a common technique in data analysis.

Variants and Related Words

• Interpolation (n): The act or result of interpolating.
• Interpolator (n): A person or device that performs interpolation.

Synonyms

• Insert: To put or place something into something else.
• Introduce: To bring something in for the first time.
• Interject: To say something abruptly, especially as an interruption.
• Extrapolate: (Contrast) To estimate a value a known range, whereas "interpolate" estimates a known range.

Antonyms

• Delete: To remove or erase.
• Extrapolate: (In technical contexts) To estimate values outside a known data set.
• Omit: To leave out or exclude.

Học thuật

Verb

1. insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
2. estimate the value of

Từ đồng nghĩa

• alter
• falsify
• extrapolate