interpolation

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Noun

interpolation

1. (music) An abrupt change in elements, with continuation of the first idea.
2. (mathematics, science) The process of estimating the value of a function at a point from its values at nearby points.
3. (computing) The process of including and processing externally-fetched data in a document or program; see interpolate.
4. That which is introduced or inserted, especially something foreign or spurious.

   • Bentley wrote a letter […] upon the scriptural glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he considered interpolations from a later hand.

Synonyms

• (including and processing externally-fetched data) transclusion

Related terms

• interpolate

Translations

• Russian: интерполя́ция

Translations

• German: Interpolation
• Italian: interpolazione
• Portuguese: interpolação
• Russian: интерполя́ция
• Spanish: interpolación

Translations

• Russian: интерполя́ция

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